Amelia
English edit
Etymology edit
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).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Amelia
- 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.
- 1776 Adam Fitz-Adam, The World of Adam Fitz-Adam, Edinburgh, Apollo Press 1776: Numb. 187. Thursday, July 29, 1756:
- The alternative name for Amelia Courthouse, Amelia County, Virginia, USA.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
female given name
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Variant of Amalia.
Pronunciation edit
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Amelia
- a female given name
Declension edit
Inflection of Amelia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Amelia | Ameliat | ||
genitive | Amelian | Amelioiden Amelioitten | ||
partitive | Ameliaa | Amelioita | ||
illative | Ameliaan | Amelioihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Amelia | Ameliat | ||
accusative | nom. | Amelia | Ameliat | |
gen. | Amelian | |||
genitive | Amelian | Amelioiden Amelioitten Ameliainrare | ||
partitive | Ameliaa | Amelioita | ||
inessive | Ameliassa | Amelioissa | ||
elative | Ameliasta | Amelioista | ||
illative | Ameliaan | Amelioihin | ||
adessive | Amelialla | Amelioilla | ||
ablative | Amelialta | Amelioilta | ||
allative | Amelialle | Amelioille | ||
essive | Ameliana | Amelioina | ||
translative | Ameliaksi | Amelioiksi | ||
abessive | Ameliatta | Amelioitta | ||
instructive | — | Amelioin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Amelia is the 439th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 874 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,474 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Indonesian edit
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Amelia
- a female given name from English, equivalent to English Amelia
- Amelia Anggraini, b. 1971
Polish edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Amelia f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Amelia
Declension edit
Declension of Amelia
Further reading edit
- Amelia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
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Amelia f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Amelia
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈmilja/, [ʔɐˈmil.jɐ]
- Rhymes: -ilja
- Syllabification: A‧mel‧ia
Proper noun edit
Amelia (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ)
- a female given name from English