Amaryllis

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

How Amaryllis is read●(measured from records)

Amaryllis is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English58%

  A female given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  Greek flower name

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• Spanish14%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Amaryllis in Spanish.

• French12%

  Plante aussi appelée lis Saint-Jacques, elle a de grandes fleurs d’un rouge éclatant. La plante doit sans doute son nom à Amaryllis, une jeune bergère qui apparaît dans Théocrite et, surtout, dans la première églogue de Virgile.

  as a name·2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Amaryllis, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Camellia
• Hyacinth
• Dahlia
• Blossom
• Clover
• Lilac
• Lavender
• Calla
• Bryony
• Daffodil
• Gardenia
• Marigold

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Amaryllis is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Philippines, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Amáryllis

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Amaryllis is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, weibl. Vom. griechischen Ur­ sprungs; Name einer Hirtin in der altgrie­ chischen und lateinischen Hirtendichtung; im 18. Jh. auf die gleichnamige exotische

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Name borne in classical pastoral poetry, including Virgil's Eclogues , by a typical shepherdess or country girl. The name is of Greek origin and uncertain derivation, possibly from amaryssein to sparkle. In modern times the name may sometimes have been given because of association with the flower, named in the 19th century from the Arcadian heroine.

  as a word

• In Latin, a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Amaryllis

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Amaryllis Flemingb. 1925GBBritish cellist and music teacher
• Amaryllis Sommererb. 1954ATAustrian writer
• Amaryllis Temmermanb. 1975BEBelgian singer and actor
• Isabella Calthorpeb. 1980GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress
• Amaryllis Foxb. 1980USAmerican writer and former CIA officer
• Amaryllis Uitterlindenb. 1983BEBelgian singer-songwriter and actor
• Amaryllis Augustb. 2003Danish model and actress
• Amaryllis VidalisDEresearcher

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Amaryllis mean, and where does it come from?

A female given name from Latin or Ancient Greek. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

Is Amaryllis a male or female name?

Amaryllis is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What are other forms of the name Amaryllis?

In the etymology graph, Amarilis is a form of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Amaryllis?

A machine transcription gives /æməɹɪlɪs/ (IPA) for English.

In which country does Amaryllis have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 1.1 thousand people named Amaryllis, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled amaryllis.

How common is the name Amaryllis?

In the United States, the national register counted 1,143 people named Amaryllis in 2020, about 1 in 291 thousand residents.