Ames

See also: ames, amés, âmes, and -âmes

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from English Ames.

Proper noun

Ames

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Oakes Ames (1874-1950).

Further reading

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɪmz/
• Rhymes: -eɪmz

Etymology 1

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Proper noun

Ames (countable and uncountable, plural Ameses)

1. A surname.
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A female given name transferred from the surname.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in San Miguel County, Colorado.
   2. An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Illinois.
   3. An unincorporated community in Union Township, Montgomery County, Indiana.
   4. A city in Story County, Iowa.
   5. An unincorporated community in Cloud County, Kansas.
   6. A census-designated place in Dodge County, Nebraska.
   7. A village in Montgomery County, New York.
   8. A township in Athens County, Ohio.
   9. A town in Major County, Oklahoma.
   10. A minor city in Liberty County, Texas.
   11. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
4. A commune in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.
5. A municipality in A Coruña province, Galicia, Spain.

Derived terms

• Ames room
• Ames trapezoid
• Ames window

Descendants

• Translingual: Ames

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ames is the 24870^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1286 individuals. Ames is most common among White (86.1%%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ames”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 34.
• Forebears

Etymology 2

From the clipping of Amy + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

Proper noun

Ames

1. A diminutive of the female given name Amy
   • 2019, Jenn Gott, Who's Afraid of Amy Sinclair?:

     Brittany looked up, and Amy's arrival was finally noticed. “Hey, Ames,” Brittany said, waving from the corner of the couch.

Anagrams

• ASME, EMAS, MSAE, Mesa, Same, eams, mase, meas, meas., mesa, same, seam

Galician

Ames town hall, in Bertamiráns

Etymology

Attested as Oliames in 1143; as Oiames in 1145; and as Ames and Oames in the 14th and 15th centuries. Probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈame̝s/

Proper noun

Ames m

1. A municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
2. A parish of Ames, A Coruña, Galicia

See also

• Ames on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl