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The first name 
Amethyst

Amethyst is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.

Amethyst is a well-known but special name!

Amethyst is a well-known name in the US, but is still special. It is currently only given to every ten thousandth girl, and therefore ranks at 1,337 in the SmartGenius statistics. This means there are 1,336 girls names that are more common, but also tens of thousands that are much rarer. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Amethyst.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Amethyst

Amethyst -
keeping with the times

Amethyst is a fairly recent phenomenon. In the past, the name wasn't really on the radar of expectant parents. Then, unexpectedly, Amethyst cried out for attention, reaching its peak in popularity at #955 in our SmartGenius statistics in the year 2022. People over 50 probably didn't have classmates named Amethyst, for there were many years in which not a single parent chose this first name for their daughter. Although it also has never been in the top 100 of most popular first names, Amethyst seems to have been in vogue for a while, especially since the beginning of the new millennium.

In years where the graph has no value, the name Amethyst was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.

Amethyst -
special, but at home in many states

You may not know anyone named Amethyst, but there’s a good chance you live in the same state as someone with that name. In fact, 30 states are home to women and girls named Amethyst. (To be fair, a given name is only included in a state’s official statistics if there are at least five people with that name living in that state – so it’s entirely possible that there are still a few women and girls named Amethyst living in one state or another. If your name is Amethyst and you live outside of the states highlighted on the map, please let us know so we can refine our statistics even further). And while the first name is present in many states, it is still not one of the popular ones. In Texas, which has the most people named Amethyst relative to the population, you still have to ask 19,253 women and girls their names before you hear Amethyst as an answer just once.

Amethyst has 8 letters 
and begins with an A

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter A is the most popular first letter for girls’ names. 11.8% of all common girls’ names in the US start with this letter. The second most common first letter in girls' names is S.

With eight letters, the name Amethyst is long compared to other names. In fact, 14.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly eight letters. 78% of all first names are shorter, while only 8% of all boys’ and girls’ names use nine letters or even more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

That means that if 11.8% of all girls' names start with an A, this initial letter occurs over three times as often as all other letters on average. And, by the way, of all the girls' names that begin with the letter A, the name Ashley is the most common.

Other names with 
A, m, e, t, h, y, s and t

If you take all the letters in the name Amethyst – A, m, e, t, h, y, s and t – and put them together again, you can form another name, such as Amythest.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Amethyst

If your name is Amethyst and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Amethyst

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Amethyst, you can simply say:

Apple

Mouse

Elephant

Tiger

Hat

Yoyo

Sun

Tiger

This is how the name Amethyst is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Amethyst in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Amethyst

Amethyst

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Amethyst

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Amethyst is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

A
M
E
T
H
Y
S
T

Have you ever waved the name Amethyst

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

A
M
E
T
H
Y
S
T

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Amethyst sounds like this: