Amelia
English
Etymology
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
- enPR: ə-mēʹlē-ə, ə-mēʹlyə, IPA(key): /əˈmiːli.ə/, /əˈmiːljə/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -iːliə
Proper noun
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
Translations
female given name
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Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Variant of Amalia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑmeliɑ/, [ˈɑ̝me̞ˌliɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -iɑ
- Syllabification(key): A‧me‧li‧a
Declension
| 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. | |||
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Statistics
- 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈameli(j)a/
Proper noun
Amelia
- a female given name from English, equivalent to English Amelia
- Amelia Anggraini, b. 1971
Polish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈmɛ.lja/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlja
- Syllabification: A‧me‧lia
Declension
Further reading
- Amelia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈmelja/ [aˈme.lja]
- Rhymes: -elja
- Syllabification: A‧me‧lia
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈmilja/ [ʔɐˈmil.jɐ]
- Rhymes: -ilja
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