Ames
See also: ames, amés, âmes, and -âmes
Translingual
Etymology
Borrowed from English Ames.
Proper noun
Ames
- A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Oakes Ames (1874-1950).
Further reading
- Author query of the International Plant Names Index
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɪmz/
- Rhymes: -eɪmz
Etymology 1
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Proper noun
Ames (plural Ameses)
- A surname.
- A female given name transferred from the surname.
Descendants
- Translingual: Ames
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ames is the 24870th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1286 individuals. Ames is most common among White (86.1%%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ames”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 34.
- Forebears
Proper noun
Ames
- A diminutive of the female given name Amy
Anagrams
- ASME, EMAS, MSAE, Mesa, Same, eams, mase, meas, meas., mesa, same, seam
Galician
Ames town hall, in Bertamiráns
Etymology
Attested as Oliames in 1143;[1] as Oiames in 1145;[2] and as Ames and Oames in the 14th and 15th centuries. Probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈame̝s/
Proper noun
Ames m
- A municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
- A parish of Ames, A Coruña, Galicia.
See also
Ames on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl
References
- "Oliames" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
- "Oiames" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.