MEANING & HISTORY
What does Amparo mean?
Amparo comes from the Spanish noun for protection or shelter. As a personal name it is associated with Marian titles, including María del Amparo and the tradition of Our Lady of the Helpless.
The ordinary word supplies the direct gloss, while the religious title explains its naming history. It is not a statement that the bearer needs shelter.
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.
Tagalog
- /ʔamˈpaɾo/Standard-Tagalog
- [ʔɐmˈpaː.ɾo]Standard-Tagalog
Am · pa · ro3 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Amparo.
a female given name from Spanish
Wiktionary: Amparo (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
From amparo (“protection”), from María (del) Amparo, shortened from María de los Desamparados, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of the Helpless" in Valencia.
a female given name
Wiktionary: Amparo (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
Inherited from Latin Marīa, from Ancient Greek Μαρίᾱ (Maríā), from Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryām).
a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Mary
Wiktionary: Amparo (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
People with the name Amparo
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
Chichay
Filipino comedian (1918-1993)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Amparo Lim
badminton 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
1
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
3
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Amparo Lim, Chichay
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Amparo 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 Amparo
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
- Alvaro♂Álvaro/Alvarus family; proposed all + guard analysis
- Álvaro♂From medieval Alvarus, a name of debated Germanic formation
- Amado♂Beloved
- Ama♀Born on Saturday in the Akan day-name tradition
- Amada♀Beloved
- Amadeo♂Love of God; form of Amadeus
- Amador♂Lover; one who loves
- Amando♂Worthy of love; lovable
What rhymes with Amparo?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Explore Amparo 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 Q474402 — Amparo (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Amparo Lim (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q474402 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Chichay (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q474402 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Amparo (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Amparo (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Amparo (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Amparo (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.