Entry № 515 · Greek origin

Amaryllis Amaryllis — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ am-ah-RIL-iss /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Sparkling (Virgil's Eclogues pastoral)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "sparkling (virgil's eclogues pastoral)".

Amaryllis is from the Greek Ἀμαρυλλίς (Amaryllís — to sparkle, fresh stream) — from Greek amaryssein (to sparkle). Amaryllis is one of the Greek feminine names — central to traditional Greek pastoral + classical heritage.

Sparkling (Virgil's Eclogues pastoral) — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Ἀμαρυλλίς
Transliteration
Amaryllís
Pronunciation
/ æ.məˈrɪ.lɪs /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Amaryllis stands.

Amaryllis does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Amarylliss before her.

Real people

In fiction
Amaryllis
Shepherdess in Virgil's Eclogues c. 42-39 BCE + Eclogue 1 lover of Tityrus.
Virgil's Eclogues

Names connected to Amaryllis.

The number behind Amaryllis.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Amaryllis reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.