Amadeus
[ˈɑːməˌdeɪəs]Meaning
means "love of God", from Latin amo "to love" and Deus "God"
Background Story
Amadeus means "love of God", from the Latin amo, "to love", and Deus, "God". It is used in Catalan, French, Galician, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovene and Spanish. A famous bearer was the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was born Wolfgang Theophilus Mozart but preferred the Latin translation of his Greek middle name. The German novelist E. T. A. Hoffmann also took Amadeus as a middle name, in honour of Mozart.
Variations
Amadeu, Amadeus
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