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Amparo

OriginSpanish and Portuguese
Meaning"refuge, shelter"
GenderGirl
US Rank#908

Top 1000

NB Rank#5229

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About Amparo

The name Amparo is currently ranked #908 in U.S. births. and peaked for girls at #845 in 1928. It is currently rising in popularity. Amparo is occasionally used for boys in 1986.

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Famous Amparos

  • María de los Desamparados "María Amparo" Muñoz y Borbón

    1st Countess of Vista Alegre, daughter of Queen María Christina of the Two Sicilies and Agustín Fernando Muñoz, Duke of Riánsares

  • Amparo Muñoz

    Spanish beauty queen; Miss Universe 1974

  • (María) Amparo Rivelles

    Spanish actress

  • (María) Amparo Noguera

    Chilean actress

  • Amparo Iturbi

    Spanish pianist

  • María Amparo Ruiz de Burton

    first Mexican,American author to write in English

  • Amparo Llanos

    Spanish singer of band Dover

  • Amparo Acker

    Palmer, Spanish cell biologist

  • Amparo Rubiales

    Spanish politician

  • Amparo Arrebato

    Colombian dancer

  • Amparo Grisales

    Colombian actress

  • Amparo Baró

    Spanish actress

  • Amparo Poch y Gascón

    Spanish anarchist and activist

  • Amparo Robles Custodio aka Chichay

    Filipina actress and comedienne

  • Amparo Sánchez aka Amparanoia

    Spanish singer,songwriter

  • (María) Amparo Ochoa

    Mexican singer,songwriter

  • (María) Amparo Soler Leal

    Spanish actress

  • Amparo Montes

    Mexican singer

  • María Amparo Escandón

    Mexican,American novelist

  • Kristin Viktoria Amparo (Sundberg)

    Swedish pop singer

Amparo in pop culture

  • Amparo Lima do Vale

    character on Brazilian telenovela "Marisol"

  • Amparo Jorgelina Soto

    character on Spanish telenovela "Soy gitano"

  • Amparo Lagman

    character in film "Once Upon a Time in Manila"

  • Amparo Montoya

    character in Mexican,Colombian telenovela "Las Bandidas"

  • Amparo

    Portuguese and Spanish word meaning refuge or shelter (and in a broader sense, protection)

  • Amparo

    a contraction of "Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados" (Our Lady of the Forsaken), an apparition of the Virgin Mary that appeared in Valencia, Spain in 1409

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