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A good look at those sites will show that they have no requirement for accuracy and no lists of sources for their name meanings. They are frequently incorrect about even the best-known name meanings. Some even allow un-moderated user additions to the database.

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In this case, they appear to have 'decided' that Amaris is a variation of the masculine Hebrew name Amariah, which means "Yahweh has said" (which could easily be extrapolated to mean "God has Promised"). However, there is no evidence to support the derivation of Amaris from Amariah. Hebrew names don't work that way.

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"That would be the astrological name for Cancer."

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The what? Cancer is the astrological name for Cancer. I can't find any reference to Amaris at all on www.answers.com, and certainly not on their Cancer (astrology) page.

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http://www.answers.com/topic/cancer-astrology

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Please, don't site these commercial "Baby name" sites again unless you have a good reason to believe they are correct and can justify it using etymology.

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♦ Chrisell ♦

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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

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This message was edited 7/29/2006, 2:36 AM