Amelia

Where Amelia comes from

A variant of Amalia, derived from Germanic compound names beginning with *amalą (“vigor, bravery”). For the first element, compare *ammōną (“to bother, irritate”). The name and its variants have been confused with the Latin name Aemilia (whence Emilia, Emily) and the French Aimée (whence Amy).
— Wiktionary's entry for Amelia
  • Germanic
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1818
    Amelia Bloomer born
    Women's rights activist
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #96 among girls — 221 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1897
    Amelia Earhart born
    American aviation pioneer and author
  4. 2024
    Peak, #3
    12,786 babies named Amelia — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2024
    The comeback
    Back to #3 after sinking to #489 in 1968.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Amelia Earhart · American aviation pioneer and author, 1897–1939
  • Amelia Bloomer · Women's rights activist, 1818–1894
  • Amelia Vega · Dominican model and Miss Universe 2003, born 1984
  • Amelia Andersdotter · Swedish politician, member of the EP, born 1987
  • Amelia Edwards · English novelist, journalist, traveller and egyptologist, 1831–1892

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.