Amelia
Usually a girl's name
- Meaning
- Blend of Emilia, a Roman family name, and Germanic Amalia, 'work, vigor' Likely
Not a form of Amy, which comes from French 'beloved'.
- Origin
- Germanic and Latin
- Popularity
US 2025: #4 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #3
Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
This name's meaning doesn't link to one of the five elements, so it isn't matched to a chart here.
Sources
- Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, A Dictionary of First Names (Oxford, 2006): Amelia, Oxford Reference summary
- Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, A Dictionary of First Names (Oxford, 2006): Amalia, Oxford Reference summary
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources: Amelia
- Wiktionary: Amelia
- Wikipedia: Amelia (given name)