Amelia is a first name that has Latin roots and comes from the word ‘amal’, which means ‘work’ in the sense of industriousness and fertility. Germanic and Gothic roots are also assumed.
Amelia is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.
In the US, Amelia is one of the most popular names ever. In the SmartGenius ranking recently, it has regularly been among the top 10 most common girls names and is currently in place 8. In fact, one out auf 300 girls under the age of 10 is named Amelia. In the entire USA, approximately 228,860 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Amelia. That is 0.07 % of all living Americans.
Amelia is a first name that has Latin roots and comes from the word ‘amal’, which means ‘work’ in the sense of industriousness and fertility. Germanic and Gothic roots are also assumed.
Amelia Warner (*1982)
The former actress is now focusing more on her musical career. She published some pieces under the name 'Slow Moving Millie' and composed, the soundtracks for the films 'Mary Shelly' and 'Wild Mountain Thyme'.
Amelia 'Mia' Thermopolis
She is a fictional and main character in 'The Princess Diaries' book series by Meg Cabott, but is generally called 'Mia' for the most part.
Amelia Frances Shepherd, MD
In the hit series Grey's Anatomy, Amelia Shepherd is the sister-in-law of the main character Meredith Grey. In the seventh and eighth seasons, she appeared as a special guest in a few episodes, but as of season 11, actress Caterina Scorsone takes over one of the main roles as Amelia Shepherd.
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831 - 1919)
The British novelist and teacher wrote mainly works whose plots were set in England and Scotland and were inspired by her childhood memories.
Marco Amelia (*1982)
Marco Amelia is an Italian soccer player who played in the position of goalkeeper. He was part of the squad of the Italian national team that won the title at the 2006 World Cup.
Amelia Mary Earhart (1897 - 1937/1939)
The U.S. aviation pioneer and women's rights activist was the first female aviator to cross the Atlantic in solo flight and set many other records. She disappeared in the Pacific Ocean in 1937 and was declared dead in 1939.
When you hear the name Amelia, you might first think of a woman or a girl. But did you know that there are also places with the name Amelia? Are you also called Amelia? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
is the name of a town and comune in Umbria, Italy and was built around an ancient hill fort of the Romans.
of the Royal Navy were named HMS Amelia.
You will find the Amelia Cove, a hamlet in St. Barbe District, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
named Amelia disappeared in 1816 after leaving Sydney for China.
in the United states bear the name Amelia, like towns, villages and islands.
History tends to focus on the most famous and best. But even those who play second fiddle leave their mark: Amelia is one of those names without which the orchestra would be incomplete. In fact, it has reached the SmartGenius top ranking #4 more than once. It wasn't that long ago, the last was in 2022, but even if the peak of popularity happened not that long ago, the name Amelia has been given to newborn girls every year since records began. Amelia is a name of exceptional enduring popularity, bringing the special spirit of the 20th century into the 21st.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Amelia was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
The peak of popularity of the traditional name Amelia is only a short while ago: the name has definitely arrived in the 21st century. Amelia made it into the top ten more than once, in 2022 it ranked #4 in our statistics: the chances of meeting a Amelia are pretty high these days. Traditional names often turn out to be perennial favorites – so, who knows, perhaps Amelia will eventually become one of the most popular girls' names of all time.
Wherever you go, wherever you live – there’s a good chance to meet Amelia. Because: There are women and girls named Amelia in every state in the USA. This may sound quite unspectacular at first, but in fact, of the more than 50,000 different female first names that occur in the USA, just 537 are recorded in each individual state, so the name Amelia is definitely something very special. In some regions it even makes it into the top 100 of the most popular female first names, for example in Nevada, where Amelia ranks on place 76. The greatest chance of meeting Amelia, however, is in Alaska, where one in 307 girls and women bears this beautiful name – that is far above average – in the entire USA it is only one in 674 women and girls and in West Virginia, where the name is least represented in relation to the population, you even have to ask an average of 1,015 women and girls for their name before you once get Amelia as an answer.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter A is the most popular first letter for girls’ names. 11.8% of all common girls’ names in the US start with this letter. The second most common first letter in girls' names is S.
With six letters, the name Amelia is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 11.8% of all girls' names start with an A, this initial letter occurs over three times as often as all other letters on average. And, by the way, of all the girls' names that begin with the letter A, the name Ashley is the most common.
If your name is Amelia and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Amelia, you can simply say:
Apple
Mouse
Elephant
Lion
Igloo
Apple
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Amelia
Amelia
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
A
M
E
L
I
A
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
A
M
E
L
I
A
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Amelia sounds like this:
