girl's name
Améthyste
- Gender Girl
- Letters 9
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 125
Améthyste is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in France in 2010, when 10 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 117,911 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1996.
Améthyste over time
Births per decade in France, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 |
| 2000s | 45 |
| 2010s | 45 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 30 |
How popular is Améthyste?
In 2025, Améthyste was given to 5 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
How Améthyste is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Amethyste | Amethyste is Améthyste without the acute accent, and the spelling recorded in France, where it ranks #5,505. | 55 |
Names that peaked alongside Améthyste
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Améthyste also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Améthyste over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Améthyste
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Améthyste — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Améthyste
Is Améthyste a girl's or a boy's name?
Améthyste is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Améthyste most popular?
Améthyste peaked in 2010, when 10 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Améthyste a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Améthyste currently ranks #4,282 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.