Amador as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Amador

What is the meaning of the name Amador ?

The baby name Amador is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Spanish: /a.ma.ˈðoɾ/ (ah-mah-DOR); English approximation: /əˈmɑːdɔr/ or /əˈmɑːdər/ (uh-MAH-dor).

Amador is Spanish in Origin.

Amador is a Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan given name and surname deriving from Latin Amator, “lover” or “one who loves,” a term that also connoted devotion to God and neighbor in Christian Latin. The form appears across medieval Iberia and in Occitan domains; related legendary and hagiographic figures include St. Amator (Amator of Auxerre, 4th–5th c.) and the medieval French cult of St. Amadour at Rocamadour, which helped sustain the name’s pious associations.

Used steadily in Iberia and later in Latin America and the Philippines, Amador also entered toponyms and family lines; in California, Amador County commemorates the Californio ranchero José María Amador. Variants and cognates include Latin Amator, Italian Amatore and the rarer Amadore/Amadoro, French Amadour, and the feminine Amadora. As a modern given name, Amador suggests “devoted, loving,” and carries a warm, traditional Iberian character.