Name Amaranto Gender Masculine Usage Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare, ?) Other Forms FormsAmarant (Catalan) Edit Status Status Meaning & History Spanish and Italian form of Amarantus. In other words, this is the masculine form of Amaranta. The 3rd-century Christian saint Amaranthus, who was martyred at Vieux near Albi in the south of France, is known by this name in Spanish.