Amore comes from Italian and Latin words for love.
Amore is the Italian and Latin word for 'love,' one of the most universally understood words in human language. Its Latin root amor traces back to the Proto-Indo-European base *am-, related to affection and desire, and it is the source of an entire galaxy of English words: amorous, amour, enamored, amateur — all originally people who do something for love rather than money. In Roman mythology, Amor was another name for Cupid, the god of love, son of Venus, whose arrows kindled desire in the hearts of gods and mortals alike.
The name thus carries both the abstract emotion and a very specific divine persona. Amore has appeared throughout Western literary and musical culture as a symbol of romantic ideal. Italian opera is saturated with the word — from Verdi to Puccini, amor and amore are the animating cry of dozens of arias.
In Renaissance poetry, Petrarch's beloved Laura is addressed through the language of amor; Dante's Beatrice is described through the lens of divine love, with amor as its engine. The troubadour tradition of courtly love that shaped European poetry for centuries was, at its heart, a tradition of amor. As a given name in the modern era, Amore has gained traction particularly in the United States, where it is most often given to girls and carries a warmly expressive, Italian-inflected character.
Parents choosing Amore are making perhaps the most direct and unambiguous statement available in the naming tradition: that love is the central wish they hold for their child's life and nature. It is a name that requires no translation and carries no ambiguity — radiant, open, and joyful.