Amelia
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Amelia means “industrious” or “hardworking” and is related to Emily and Amalia, with Amélie as the French form. Amelia has an early-American sound, was very popular in the 1800s, faded in the mid-1900s, and is now back in style. Pilot Amelia Earhart, who made the first solo transatlantic flight by a woman, is the name’s best-known bearer, alongside the suffragist Amelia Bloomer.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Badass Baby Names
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Usage of Amelia in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Amelia against each list of names.
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Dutch
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French
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Georgian
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German
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Irish
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Italian
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Japanese
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Amelia is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Amelia in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 12,699 girls were named Amelia, making it the #4 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 281,130 girls have been named Amelia, with the most (13,041) in 2021. It is most common, relative to births, in Wyoming, Alaska and Vermont.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Amelia in other languages
- Amalia Arabic, Dutch, Finnish, Italian, Polish, Slovenian
- Amalie German
- Amelie German
- Amelía Icelandic
- Amèlia Catalan
- Эмилия Russian
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Amelia
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Amelia, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Tropical storm Amelia | 1982 | South Pacific | 83 km/h |
| Tropical storm Amelia | 1982 | South Indian Ocean | – |
| Tropical storm Amelia | 1978 | North Atlantic | 83 km/h |
| Tropical storm Amelia | 1975 | South Pacific | 74 km/h |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Amelia
There are 77 towns and villages with Amelia in their name, in 17 countries.
🇧🇷 Brazil 17🇺🇸 United States 13🇨🇺 Cuba 8🇬🇹 Guatemala 7🇲🇽 Mexico 7🇵🇪 Peru 4🇦🇴 Angola 3🇪🇨 Ecuador 3
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Amélia Rodrigues | Bahia, 🇧🇷 Brazil | 24,138 | Map |
| Amelia | Umbria, 🇮🇹 Italy | 5,537 | Map |
| Amelia | Ohio, 🇺🇸 United States | 4,932 | Map |
| Santa Amélia | Paraná, 🇧🇷 Brazil | 3,394 | Map |
| Amelia | Louisiana, 🇺🇸 United States | 2,459 | Map |
| Santa Amelia | Loreto, 🇵🇪 Peru | 235 | Map |
| Santa Amelia | Sonora, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 19 | Map |
| Amelia | Loreto, 🇵🇪 Peru | 3 | Map |
| Santa Amelia | Campeche, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 3 | Map |
| Amelia | Alberta, 🇨🇦 Canada | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Amelia
There are 10 lakes and reservoirs with Amelia in their name, in 3 countries.
🇺🇸 United States 6🇨🇦 Canada 3🇻🇪 Venezuela 1
| Name | Where | |
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| Amelia Lake | New Brunswick, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Amelia Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Amelia Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Amelia Lake | South Carolina, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Amelia Lake | Virginia, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Amelia Lake | Minnesota, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Amelia Lake | Minnesota, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lac Amelia | Louisiana, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Amelia Number 1 Reservoir | Wyoming, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Laguna Santa Amelia | Barinas, 🇻🇪 Venezuela | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Amelia songs
3 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Amelia in their title. The best known:
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Amelia
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Amelia.
Amelia Penichet
Amelia Vega
Fictional characters named Amelia
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Amelia as a pet name
FurryName has found 143 dogs named Amelia in public pet registers, making it the #1,128 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Framingham (2), Victoria (2), Burnside (1). Amelia as a dog name →
FurryName has found 16 cats named Amelia in public pet registers, making it the #508 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Seattle (7), Tacoma (2), Vancouver (1). Amelia as a cat name →
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