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Americus

possibly “home ruler” · origin not settled

Language contexts for this entry: English, Latin

Matching spellings may have different histories. Explore matching entries

masculineLatin script

/əˈmɛɹ.ə.kʊs/ · English (weak vowel merger)

Origin: Latin
2 language contexts: English Latin
Follow the evidence: 6 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Americus

Americus is a masculine given name documented in English and Latin. English Wikipedia reports a “home ruler” interpretation; the cited name histories include a possible merger of different Germanic forms.

2 source accounts

Multiple documented histories

Source-reported

Possible meaning: “home ruler”

The sources record more than one history for this spelling. Learned borrowing from Latin Americus. English Wikipedia reports the interpretation “home ruler” for Americus and links the name through Amerigo to Amalric. English Wiktionary records Americus as a Latinization of Amerigo. Its Amerigo entry describes *Amalarīks and a possible merger with *Haimarīks. English Wikipedia gives a tribal-name analysis for Amalric. The “home ruler” gloss is retained here as one proposed interpretation.

Sources for this account (6)

Wiktionary: AmericusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia: Americus (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
English Wikipedia: Americus (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 1357560173 · retrieved 2026-10-19
English Wiktionary: AmericusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 89437144 · retrieved 2026-10-19
English Wiktionary: AmerigoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 88273856 · retrieved 2026-10-19
English Wikipedia: AmalricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 1371270972 · retrieved 2026-10-19

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Italian originSource-reportedLatinization of Italian Amerigo.

Latinization of Italian Amerigo.

Sources for this account (1)

Wiktionary: AmericusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Americus is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Americus’s connections around the world.

1 country with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2024: 5 girls (rank 15293). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 10 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Americus

Region and dataset

Latest · 2024: 5; applications; Rank #15,293
Peak year: 2002; 55 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Americus in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	38	3,486	observed
2002	55	2,745	observed
2003	47	3,131	observed
2004	48	3,180	observed
2005	27	4,828	observed
2006	31	4,576	observed
2007	19	6,812	observed
2008	19	6,799	observed
2009	30	4,805	observed
2010	20	6,382	observed
2011	16	7,436	observed
2012	24	5,557	observed
2013	17	7,031	observed
2014	11	9,517	observed
2015	13	8,447	observed
2016	9	10,859	observed
2017	14	7,840	observed
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	9	10,473	observed
2020	10	9,546	observed
2021	12	8,464	observed
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	6	13,462	observed
2024	5	15,293	observed
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Americus” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

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04 / Through time

History

No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Americus with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-19.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wiktionary: AmericusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia: Americus (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
English Wikipedia: Americus (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 1357560173 · retrieved 2026-10-19
English Wiktionary: AmericusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 89437144 · retrieved 2026-10-19
English Wiktionary: AmerigoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 88273856 · retrieved 2026-10-19
English Wikipedia: AmalricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 1371270972 · retrieved 2026-10-19

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Opening name…

About Americus

2 source accounts

Multiple documented histories

Source-reported

Possible meaning: “home ruler”

Sources for this account (6)

Wiktionary: AmericusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia: Americus (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
English Wikipedia: Americus (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 1357560173 · retrieved 2026-10-19
English Wiktionary: AmericusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 89437144 · retrieved 2026-10-19
English Wiktionary: AmerigoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 88273856 · retrieved 2026-10-19
English Wikipedia: AmalricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 1371270972 · retrieved 2026-10-19

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

Italian originSource-reportedLatinization of Italian Amerigo.

Latinization of Italian Amerigo.

Sources for this account (1)

Wiktionary: AmericusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Americus is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Americus’s connections around the world.

1 country with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2024: 5 girls (rank 15293). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 10 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Americus

Region and dataset

Latest · 2024: 5; applications; Rank #15,293
Peak year: 2002; 55 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Americus in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	38	3,486	observed
2002	55	2,745	observed
2003	47	3,131	observed
2004	48	3,180	observed
2005	27	4,828	observed
2006	31	4,576	observed
2007	19	6,812	observed
2008	19	6,799	observed
2009	30	4,805	observed
2010	20	6,382	observed
2011	16	7,436	observed
2012	24	5,557	observed
2013	17	7,031	observed
2014	11	9,517	observed
2015	13	8,447	observed
2016	9	10,859	observed
2017	14	7,840	observed
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	9	10,473	observed
2020	10	9,546	observed
2021	12	8,464	observed
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	6	13,462	observed
2024	5	15,293	observed
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-19.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wiktionary: AmericusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia: Americus (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
English Wikipedia: Americus (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 1357560173 · retrieved 2026-10-19
English Wiktionary: AmericusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 89437144 · retrieved 2026-10-19
English Wiktionary: AmerigoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 88273856 · retrieved 2026-10-19
English Wikipedia: AmalricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 1371270972 · retrieved 2026-10-19

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Americus

Multiple documented histories

Where Americus is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Amerigo

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Americus

Multiple documented histories

Where Americus is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Amerigo

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page