Amelia (given name)
| Amelia |
| Pronunciation |
/əˈmiːljə/ ə-meel-yə
/əˈmiːliə/ ə-meel-ee-ə |
| Gender |
Female |
| Origin |
| Meaning |
"work", "industrious", "fertile" |
| Other names |
| See also |
Amalia, Amelie, Amélie.
See also Emilia, Emily, Amy, Lia, Mia |
Amelia is a female given name. It is a variant of Amalia, derived from the Germanic word amal meaning "work", and means "industrious" and "fertile". The variant form Amelie is derived from the French equivalent, Amélie. Diminutive forms include Amy, Lia, Mia, Millie and Mel.
Etymologists believe that the name Amelia/Amalia is unrelated to the Latin gens name Aemilia, which was translated into English as Emily. Equivalents of Aemilia/Emily in romance languages do sound similar to Amelia (e.g. Italian Emilia) but have a different origin from this Germanic name.
Famous people with the name Amelia
- Saint Amelia, early medieval saint
- Princess Amelia of Great Britain (1711 – 1786)
- Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (1783 – 1810)
- Amelia Andersdotter (born 1987), Swedish politician
- Amelia Bloomer (1818–1894), American feminist, started the newspaper The Lily, popularized bloomers
- Amelia R. Coats, American printmaker
- Minnie Driver (born Amelia Fiona J. Driver, 1970), English actress
- Amelia Earhart (1897–1937), American aviator and feminist
- Amelia Heinle Luckinbill, American actress
- Amelia Okoli (born 1941), Nigerian high jumper
- Amelia Warner (born 1982), Irish actress
- Amelia Vega (born 1984), Miss Universe 2003 from the Dominican Republic
Fictional characters
- Title character in Henry Fielding's novel Amelia
- Title character in Amelia's notebooks, a series of books by Marissa Moss
- Naughty Amelia Jane, doll antiheroine of a children's book series by Enid Blyton
- Amelia, the only female Vampire Elder in the Underworld film series
- Amelia Bedelia, title character in books by Peggy Parish
- Amelia Bones in the Harry Potter series
- Amelia Louise McBride, title character in the graphic novel series Amelia Rules! by Jimmy Gownley
- Amelia Peabody, the main character in a series of mystery novels by Elizabeth Peters
- Amelia Pond, usually called Amy Pond, companion of the Eleventh Doctor in the television series Doctor Who
- Amelia Sedley in Vanity Fair by William Thackeray
- Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun in anime Slayers
- Amelia Shepherd in the medical TV drama Private Practice
- Amelia Thermopolis, commonly called Mia, main character in The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
- Amelia Voght in X-Men
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