MEANING & HISTORY
What does Amador mean?
Amador is the Spanish continuation of the Latin personal name Amator. The older name describes a lover or one who loves.
Its final -dor belongs to that history; it is not a decorative extension of Amado. Amado expresses being beloved, whereas Amador expresses the person doing the loving.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
People with the name Amador
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Amador Daguio
writer (1912-1966)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Amador Obordo
Filipino basketball player
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
10
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Amador Daguio, Amador Obordo
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Amador in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Amador
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Amado♂Beloved
- Ador♂Short form of Dominador or Salvador
- Amada♀Beloved
- Amadeo♂Love of God; form of Amadeus
- Amando♂Worthy of love; lovable
- Amor♀Love in Latin, Spanish, and Portuguese
- Ama♀Born on Saturday in the Akan day-name tradition
- Amadeus♂Love of God
What rhymes with Amador?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Amador further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q5671524 — Amador (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Amador Daguio (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q5671524 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Amador Obordo (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q5671524 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Behind the Name — Amador (opens in a new tab)
Consulted exact-name relationship or linked etymological account, 2026-10-25; see the individual explanation for the supported chain.
- Behind the Name — Amator (opens in a new tab)
Consulted exact-name relationship or linked etymological account, 2026-10-25; see the individual explanation for the supported chain.