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4/5/2022, 10:13 PM Mike C amadis added (from user-submitted name 5840)
7/10/2019, 5:15 PM LMS 5840
2/24/2012, 4:39 AM SeaHorse15 5840
12/9/2011, 6:13 PM SeaHorse15 5840
12/10/2006, 1:10 PM anonymous

Gender Masculine

Meaning & History

Probably an Old Spanish form of Amadeus. In a medieval tale Amadis of Gaul was a heroic knight-errant and the lover of Oriana. The earliest extant version of the story, Amadís de Gaula, was written by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo in 1508.