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Amethyst - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Amethyst

[ 3 syll. a-met-hys(t), am-ethy-st ] The girl name Amethyst is pronounced AEMahTHahST KEY. Amethyst's language of origin is Greek and it is used mainly in the English language. Derived from amethyst meaning 'gemstone' ; amethustos meaning 'not drunk'. A form of Amethyst is the English variant spelling Amethist.

Amethyst is unusual as a baby girl name. It is ranked outside of the top 1000.

A baby name that sounds like Amethyst is the English Amethist.

KEY: Pronunciation for Amethyst: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; TH as in "theta (TH.EY.T.AH)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"


 
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