Amelie
Amelie is a girl name of French origin, meaning Industrious and hardworking.
What Amelie means
Industrious and hardworking.
Amelie 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 Amelie comes from
French names descend largely from Latin and Germanic roots, reshaped by centuries of sound change. Many entered English after the Norman conquest and now exist in both forms.
Amelie is recorded as French in origin. Browse other French names.
How popular is Amelie?
You will not find Amelie in the top 100 girl names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Amelie
We group Amelie under French and the long-established classics — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Amelie
These share Amelie's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Charlotte — Free; petite and feminine.
- Odette — Wealthy.
- Antoine — Priceless; praiseworthy.
- Adeline — Noble; of noble kind.
- Eloise — Healthy and wide; famous warrior.
- Genevieve — Of the tribe of women.
- Frances — Free one; from France.
- Francesca — Free one; from France.
- Anouk — Grace, favor.
- Francis — Free one; Frenchman.
- Colette — Victory of the people.
- Esme — Esteemed and beloved.