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 eponymous 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 , 18th century
English author
- Dr. Joseph Sweetman Ames,
founding member of National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics
- Keith Ames, former professional
footballer
- Leon Ames
- Les Ames, cricket player
- Oakes Ames,
American manufacturer and Congressman from Massachusetts
- Oakes Ames , grandson of
the above
- 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
- William Thayer Ames
(1901–1987), American composer
- The Ames Brothers, a singing
quartet
Though it is not common,
Ames is also used as a
first name.
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