Amadeus is Latin and means "lover of God", from amare, to love, and deus, god. It is inseparable from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and the 1984 film about the composer gave the name a wider audience. Amadeus has always been rare in the United States: number 3426 in 2000, a peak of number 1275 in 2024 and number 1634 in 2025, with 103 boys.