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Amaranta
Pronounced ah-mah-RAHN-tah /ɑ.mɑˈrɑn.tɑ/Medium
Meaning: Amaranta is the Spanish and Italian form of the amaranth flower name, from the Greek amarantos, 'unfading, unwithering' - the amaranth was the poets' emblem of a flower that never dies. Amaranta is also the name of characters in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, which we note honestly.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Amaranta takes its name from the amaranth, a plant whose Greek name amarantos means 'unfading, unwithering'. Ancient poets made it the flower that never dies, and its deep red blooms hold their colour long after cutting; the grain is also a staple crop of Mesoamerica. Amaranta is the Spanish and Italian form of the name, and it is carried by characters in Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude - a literary association we note honestly. In the U.S. it is rare (said 'ah-mah-RAHN-tah').
It appears only very rarely for girls in the U.S. Rare here, familiar in Spanish and Italian.
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What does the name Amaranta mean?
Amaranta is the amaranth flower, from the Greek amarantos, 'unfading, unwithering'. It is also a character name in One Hundred Years of Solitude.
How do you pronounce Amaranta?
It's said ah-mah-RAHN-tah /ɑ.mɑˈrɑn.tɑ/ - four syllables, stress on the third.
Is Amaranta a boy or girl name?
Amaranta is a girl's name.
How popular is Amaranta?
Amaranta is very rare in the U.S., though it is more familiar in Spanish and Italian.