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Amparo

OriginSpanish and Portuguese
Meaning"refuge, shelter"
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · boysUnranked

Below 5 births

US rank · girls#11001

2025 SSA

About Amparo

Amparo is a medieval name related to the Virgin Mary most closely associated with the city of Valencia, in Spain. Although it does not appear at all on the most recent US name roster, meaning it was used for fewer than five babies last year, it was used in the US throughout the 20th century.

Amparo is also given to boys.

Pronounced ahm-PAH-ro.

As of October 2026, Amparo ranked #5360 in US births in 1986 SSA, peaked at #3473 in 1940.

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

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

  • Amparo MuñozGirl

    Spanish beauty queen; Miss Universe 1974

  • (María) Amparo RivellesGirl

    Spanish actress

  • (María) Amparo NogueraGirl

    Chilean actress

  • Amparo IturbiGirl

    Spanish pianist

  • María Amparo Ruiz de BurtonGirl

    first Mexican,American author to write in English

  • Amparo LlanosGirl

    Spanish singer of band Dover

  • Amparo AckerGirl

    Palmer, Spanish cell biologist

  • Amparo RubialesGirl

    Spanish politician

  • Amparo ArrebatoGirl

    Colombian dancer

  • Amparo GrisalesGirl

    Colombian actress

  • Amparo BaróGirl

    Spanish actress

  • Amparo Poch y GascónGirl

    Spanish anarchist and activist

  • Amparo Robles Custodio aka ChichayGirl

    Filipina actress and comedienne

  • Amparo Sánchez aka AmparanoiaGirl

    Spanish singer,songwriter

  • (María) Amparo OchoaGirl

    Mexican singer,songwriter

  • (María) Amparo Soler LealGirl

    Spanish actress

  • Amparo MontesGirl

    Mexican singer

  • María Amparo EscandónGirl

    Mexican,American novelist

  • Kristin Viktoria Amparo (Sundberg)Girl

    Swedish pop singer

Amparo in pop culture

  • Amparo Lima do ValeGirl

    character on Brazilian telenovela "Marisol"

  • Amparo Jorgelina SotoGirl

    character on Spanish telenovela "Soy gitano"

  • Amparo LagmanGirl

    character in film "Once Upon a Time in Manila"

  • Amparo MontoyaGirl

    character in Mexican,Colombian telenovela "Las Bandidas"

  • AmparoGirl

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

  • AmparoGirl

    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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