Ames (surname)
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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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