Ames (surname)

Ames (surname)

The surname Ames is usually either French or Hebrew in origin. The French name comes from the noun "amie", meaning a friend or a beloved. In Hebrew it literally means "burden", but is actually derived from the eponynous Hebrew prophet Amos. The name may also be a contraction of Ambrose or Eames.

*Adelbert Ames, American Civil War general
*Adelbert Ames Jr.
*Adrienne Ames, American film actress
*Aldrich Ames, convicted spy for the Soviet Union
*Bruce Ames, biochemist
*Ed Ames, American popular singer and actor
*Fisher Ames, Congressman from Massachusetts
*James Barr Ames, dean of Harvard Law School
*Jonathan Ames, American author
*Joseph Ames (author), 18th century English author
*Dr. Joseph Sweetman Ames, founding member of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
*Keith Ames, former professional footballer
*Leon Ames (actor)
*Les Ames, cricket player
*Oakes Ames, American manufacturer and Congressman from Massachusetts
*Rachel Ames, American actress
*Red Ames, Major League Baseball pitcher
*Roger Ames, Music industry executive and entrepreneur
*Roger T. Ames, prominent sinologist, linguist, and translator of a version of the Analects of Confucius and the Zhongyong.
*Stephen Ames, golfer from Trinidad and Tobago and Canada
*Todd Ames, American writer
*William Ames, English theologian
*The Ames Brothers, a singing quartet

Though it is not common, Ames is also used as a first name.


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