| [ syll. a-myas, am-y-as ] The boy name Amyas is pronounced as AEMYahS KEY. Amyas is largely used in the English language and its origin is Latin. Amyas' meaning is friendship; beloved. Derived from the elements 'amicitia' meaning friendship ; 'amatus' meaning beloved ; 'amare' meaning to love. Amatus (Latin) and Amis (Latin) are original forms of Amyas. The name is of obscure origin. It could be from the medieval Amis, a male form of Amice from 'amicitia', or else it could be from Amatus, from the element 'amatus' and ultimately 'amare'. It could also be from a French surname meaning 'man from Amiens'. It was first used by English speakers in the 16th century. In literature, it was borne by a minor character in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene (1590, 1596) and by the key character Sir Amyas Leigh in the British historical novel by Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho! (1855), which was partially inspired by the Crimean War. The name Amice (English) and the name Amy (English) are the female equivalents of Amyas. Amato (Italian), Amatus (German), and Amias (English) are variants of Amyas. Amyas is infrequently used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Amyas include Aengus (Irish), Anas (Arabic), Anchjo (Esperanto), Anees (Arabic), Angie (Scottish), Angus (English, Irish, and Scottish), Anis (Arabic), Anish (Indian), Anssi (Finnish), Anxo (Galician), Aonghus (English, Irish, and Scottish), Enos (English), Enosh (English), Henoch (German), Aeneas (English), Iñaki (Basque and Spanish), and Ioannis (Greek). KEY: approx pronunciation for Amyas: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"
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