What is the meaning of the name Amelia?

Answer 1

Amelia is a female given name. It is derived from the Germanic word amal meaning "work". It also means "industrious" and "fertile". The diminutive is usually Amy.

Etymologists believe that the name Amelia 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 should not be confused with this Germanic name

Answer 2

Amelia

English: probably the result of a cross between the Latin-origin Emilia (see Emily) and the Latinized Germanic Amalia. Its first use seems to have been in the English-speaking world, by Henry Fielding for the heroine of his novel Amelia (1751)

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Emily
English: from a medieval form of the Latin name Aemilia, the feminine version of the old Roman family name Aemilius (probably from aemulus rival). It was not common in the Middle Ages, and when it was revived in the 19th century there was much confusion between the originally distinct Amelia and the Latinate form of this name, Emilia. Cognates: French: Émilie. German: Emilie.

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Amalia
Latinized form of the Germanic name Amal, representing the vocabulary element amal work. This was a first element in various names now more or less obsolete such as Amalberta, Amalfriede, and Amalgunde, for which Amal was used as a short form. Amalia is chiefly German and Scandinavian, but is also found occasionally in the English-speaking world. Its popularity was enhanced in Germany in the 18th century by the fame of Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar (1739-1807), a great patron of the arts, whose court attracted Goethe, Schiller, Herder, and many others. Variant: German: Amalie.


A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192800507

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Answer 3

The boy's and girl's name Amelia \a-me-lia\ is pronounced a-MEEL-yah. It is of Latin and Old German origin, and its meaning is "industrious, striving; work". Blend of two medieval names: the Latin Emilia (see Emily) and the Latinized Germanic Amalia, meaning "work". An 18th-century Princess Amelia brought the name to Britain. Henry Fielding may possibly have first coined it for the heroine of his novel "Amelia" (1751), though forms such as Meelia, Amaly, and Aemelia existed since the 17th century. Dress reformer Amelia Bloomer; aviatrix Amelia Earhart.
(Source: http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Amelia )

Amelia is a female given name. It is derived from the Germanic word amal meaning "work". It also means "industrious" and "fertile". The diminutive is usually Amy.

Etymologists believe that the name Amelia 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 should not be confused with this Germanic name.
(Source: Wikipedia)


Origin: English
Meaning: Industrious. Striving.

Origin: German
Meaning: Variant of Amelia: From the Old German Amalburga, meaning labour and the Latin Aemilia.

Origin: Latin
Meaning: Industrious. Striving.

Origin: Teutonic
Meaning: Defender.
(Source: http://www.andythenamebender.com/name-meanings/Amelia.htm )

Answer 4

Industrious-

I named my almost 3 yo daughter this. She isn't very industrious yet. We're still waiting.

Answer 5

Dawn after dark

Answer 6

it is a german name and it means work of the lord

Answer 7

It means industrious, or "hard working".
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Answer 8

It is a female name.