Amare
Ethiopia/Italy · Boy · 2 syllables
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About the name Amare
The given name 'Amare' primarily means "to love" in Italian (from the Latin verb *amare*), or it can be an Ethiopian/Eritrean name meaning "he is beautiful" or "handsome" (from the Ge'ez root *amara*).
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Etymology
The given name 'Amare' primarily means "to love" in Italian (from the Latin verb *amare*), or it can be an Ethiopian/Eritrean name meaning "he is beautiful" or "handsome" (from the Ge'ez root *amara*). It is used in Italian-speaking cultures (often as a surname or poetic name) and in Ethiopian/Eritrean Christian (Orthodox) and Muslim communities, with notable historical use in the Horn of Africa as a given name.
Amare currently ranks #2,333 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 2011.
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