Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te ingoa o te ampere i tapaina ki te tohunga ahupūngao o Wīwī, ki te tohunga pāngarau hoki a André-Marie Ampère (1775<unk>1836), nāna i ako te hiko ā-ira, ā, i whakatakoto te turanga o te hiko ā-ira. Hei whakanui i nga takoha a Ampère ki te hanganga o te pūtaiao hiko hou, he whakaaetanga a-ao, i hainatia i te 1881
Ko te International Exposition of Electricity, i whakapumautia te ampere hei waeine paerewa o te ine hiko mo te hiko hiko.