Gender
Origin
- Greek
- sparkling
Flower; poetically used to mean a simple shepherdess or country girl in I Care Not For Those Ladies by Thomas Campion (1567-1620)
Syllables
4
Themes
- Exotic
- Flower
- Green
- Literary
- Nature
Alternate Spellings and Variants of Amaryllis
Pronunciation
a-ma-ryllis, amar(yl)-lis
Popularity in the USA
- Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #2438, 73 births)
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 |
| 2024 | 64 |
| 2023 | 73 |
| 2022 | 69 |
| 2021 | 69 |
| 2020 | 64 |
| 2019 | 68 |
| 2018 | 67 |
| 2017 | 67 |
| 2016 | 47 |
Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data
Popularity in England and Wales
- Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #4200, 5 births)
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 |
| 2024 | – |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2022 | – |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2016 | 5 |
Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence
Popularity in France
- Girls: peak in 2002 (rank #1613, 15 births); most recent 2023 (rank #3528, 6 births)
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2021 | 11 |
| 2020 | 7 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2016 | 9 |
| 2015 | 10 |
| 2014 | 3 |
Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence