Amelia
Amelia is a girl name of Germanic origin, ranked #29 in popularity, meaning Industrious and striving.
What Amelia means
Industrious and striving.
Amelia sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room. Its 4 vowels give it a flowing rhythm.
Where Amelia comes from
Germanic names are two-part compounds — a pattern that spread across northern Europe and produced cognates in half a dozen modern languages.
Amelia is recorded as Germanic in origin. Browse other Germanic names.
How popular is Amelia?
Amelia is ranked #29. Names in this band tend to be the comfortable middle ground — recognised everywhere, but common enough to need no explanation and rare enough to still feel chosen.
The character of Amelia
Two ideas meet in Amelia: German and the long-established classics. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Amelia
These share Amelia's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Ada — Noble, nobility.
- Alice — Noble; of the nobility.
- Emma — Universal, whole, complete.
- Matilda — Mighty in battle.
- Henry — Ruler of the home.
- Hugo — Mind, intellect, spirit.
- William — Resolute protector.
- Adeline — Noble; of noble kind.
- Aurelia — The golden one.
- Adelaide — Of noble kind.
- Agnes — Pure and holy.
- Amelie — Industrious and hardworking.