Amelia

A variant of Amalia, derived from Germanic compound names beginning with *amal, "vigor, bravery". The name and its variants have been confused with the Latin name Aemilia (whence Emilia, Emily) and the French Aimée (whence Amy).

• enPR: ə-mēʹlē-ə, ə-mēʹlyə, IPA^(key): /əˈmiːli.ə/, /əˈmiːljə/

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• Rhymes: -iːliə

Amelia

1. A female given name from the Germanic languages
   • 1776 Adam Fitz-Adam, The World of Adam Fitz-Adam, Edinburgh, Apollo Press 1776: Numb. 187. Thursday, July 29, 1756:

     By their dresses, their names, and the airs of quality they give themselves, I am rendered ridiculous among all my acquaintance. My wife, who is a very plain good woman, and whose name is Amey, has been new-christened, and is called Amelia; and my little daughter, a child of a year old, is no longer Polly, but Maria.

   • 1982 Carol Fenner, Saving Amelia Earhart,The Third Coast: Contemporary Michigan Fiction, →ISBN page 66:

     We must have heard it first on the battery radio, the news about Amelia Earhart, lost over the ocean. […] Air Heart, I saw it spelled, Amelia ... a name like a soft, bold bird.

2. The alternative name for Amelia Courthouse, Amelia County, Virginia, USA.

• Amelia County
• Amelia Courthouse

• Alma
• Amy
• Emily

• lamiae

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• IPA^(key): /aˈmɛ.lja/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlja
• Syllabification: A‧me‧lia

Amelia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Amelia

• Amelia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Amelia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /aˈmelja/ [aˈme.lja]
• Rhymes: -elja
• Syllabification: A‧me‧lia

Amelia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Amelia

Borrowed from English Amelia.

Amelia

1. a female given name from English