MEANING & HISTORY
What does Amapola mean?
Amapola is the Spanish flower word used directly as a given name. The Spanish name dictionary identifies the poppy source, and Cebuano records borrowing from Spanish.
The official RAE dictionary independently confirms the plant and flower vocabulary. This gives the name a specific botanical formation without adding phrases such as beautiful red princess. Amapola is not merely an expanded spelling of Paula or Apolonia.
Its flower association does not determine the exact species or symbolic intention chosen by a particular family.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Cebuano
- /ʔamaˈpola/
- [ʔɐ.mɐˈpo.l̪ɐ]
A · ma · po · la4 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
a female given name from Spanish
Wiktionary: Amapola (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
From amapola (“poppy”).
a female given name
Wiktionary: Amapola (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Amapola 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 Amapola
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
- Amable·Lovable, in the Amabilis family
- Amada♀Beloved
- Amado♂Beloved
- Amador♂Lover; one who loves
- Amalia♀From the Germanic amal element: vigorous or unceasing
- Amanda♀Worthy of love; to be loved
- Ama♀Born on Saturday in the Akan day-name tradition
- Amadeo♂Love of God; form of Amadeus
What rhymes with Amapola?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Amapola further
Follow the sources
- Wiktionary contributors — Amapola (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Amapola (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- RAE/ASALE — amapola (opens in a new tab)
Official Spanish lexical plant/flower definition; usage evidence comes separately from name dictionary.