May 8
Why this day? Ampa is a short form of Amparo, and shares its name day.
Ampa is celebrated in Spain on May 8.
Ampa is a short form of Amparo. It keeps its origin (Spanish Marian devotion (from the verb 'amparar', Latin 'ante + parare')) and meaning — protection, refuge, and shares its name day, May 8.
On birth records, Ampa is rarely written as such: the Ampas are Amparos (50,715 births). For the name's history, year-by-year popularity and famous bearers, read the Amparo page.
Ampa is a short form of Amparo, which means protection, refuge.
May 8, together with Amparo: a short form shares the name day of the name it comes from.
It is a familiar short form. It does not appear as such in birth records, where you find Amparo.
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