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Amos

Boy name · 25 babies recorded · 1974–2025

Amos: 25 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to boys, peaking at 4 births in 2013.

The name Amos has deep roots in the Hebrew language, where it means "carried by God" or "borne by God," deriving from the verb *amas* (to carry, to burden). In the Old Testament, Amos was a prophet of the 8th century BCE, a shepherd and fig farmer from Tekoa whose warnings of social injustice and impending judgment gave his name a prophetic, moral weight. The name was carried into Scotland largely through Puritan and 18th-century religious revival movements, and later by the 19th-century Scottish missionary and explorer Amos Alexander. Though not common in Scotland today, the name saw a quiet resurgence in the 1990s and 2000s, perhaps influenced by the character Amos Diggory in the *Harry Potter* series. A distinct variant, Amias, was used in Elizabethan England, while the name shares its root with the biblically themed town of Amos, Quebec.