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Amos

English, Hebrew, Biblical · Destiny 3

Silent Generation Name · Fading Classic
Destiny Number
3
The Communicator
Heart's Desire
7
The Seeker
Dream Number
5
The Explorer
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Meaning & Etymology
English, Hebrew, Biblical
Means "carried" in Hebrew. Amos is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Amos, which speaks against greed, corruption and oppression of the poor. Written about the 8th century BC, it is among the oldest of the prophetic books. As an English name, Amos has been used since the Protestant Reformation, and was popular among the Puritans.
/AY-məs (English)/
EtymologyFrom Hebrew עמוס.
Popularity in the US
♀ Girls
Peak#2707 in 1927 (12 births)
Recent#6644 in 1969
Trend↓ Fading
♂ Boys
Peak#237 in 1922 (558 births)
Recent#730 in 2025
Trend↓ Fading
Destiny 3 — The Communicator
3
The Communicator
Jupiter · Fire · The Creator
CreativeExpressiveOptimisticSociableCharmingPlayful
Life Path 3 is governed by Jupiter — the largest and most expansive planet in the solar system — and its energy reflects exactly that: a big, warm, generous, enthusiastic frequency that fills every room it enters. Jupiter rules abundance, wisdom, joy, creativity, and the expansion of consciousness, and the 3 embodies all of these qualities in their most immediate, human form. The vibration of 3 is the energy of creative self-expression: the joy of making something, sharing it, and having it received. Life Path 3s are the storytellers, the artists, the comedians, and the communicators of the numerological spectrum — their gift is the ability to translate the complexity of the inner life into forms that others can understand and feel.
Famous People with Destiny 3
MC
Marie Curie
Nobel Prize-winning physicist and chemist
Scientist
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Niels Bohr
Physicist who contributed to atomic structure
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Lise Meitner
Physicist, co-discovered nuclear fission
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MB
Michelangelo Buonarroti
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Rembrandt van Rijn
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Bob Dylan
Singer-songwriter and Nobel Literature laureate
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Louis Armstrong
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Aretha Franklin
Queen of Soul
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