Amaro
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈmɑɹoʊ/
Proper noun
Amaro (plural Amaros)
- A surname from Spanish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Amaro is the 3042nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11769 individuals. Amaro is most common among Hispanic/Latino (85.6%) and White (11.82%) individuals.
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
From the name of o a local saint, San Amaro, not officially recognised by the Catholic church.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈmaɾo/ [aˈma.ɾʊ]
- Rhymes: -aɾo
- Hyphenation: A‧ma‧ro
Proper noun
Amaro ?
- a male given name
- a surname
References
- “Amaro” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Amaro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “Amaro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈmaɾo/ [aˈma.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -aɾo
- Syllabification: A‧ma‧ro
Proper noun
Amaro m or f by sense
- a surname