Tuhia he toenga mo tenei waahanga - Ko te ingoa o te ampere mo te kairangahau French me te kairangahau a André-Marie Ampère (1775<unk>1836), nana i ako te hiko hiko me te whakatakoto i te turanga o te hiko hiko. Hei whakanui i nga takoha a Ampère ki te hanganga o te pūtaiao hiko hou, he whakaaetanga a-ao, i hainatia i te 1881 International Exhibition of Electricity
, i whakapumautia te ampere hei waeine paerewa o te ine hiko mo te hiko hiko.