Where I'm coming from Amper is a river and Sand has the same meaning as in English. So without the context, Ampersand is the sand you find at Ampers river bank.

Where I'm coming from Amper is a river and Sand has the same meaning as in English. So without the context, Ampersand is the sand you find at Ampers river bank... When I first read this name I took it for some mystic code name :)