Amelia is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning “work.” In 2024 it was given to 12,740 girls in the United States.
Amelia belongs to the Italian and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “work” — is the sense carried by its Italian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Amelia first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3 in 2024, and in 2024 12,740 babies received the name — 268,334 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Amelia means “work” in its Italian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Amelia is a girl name. In 2024, 12,740 babies received the name in the US.
Amelia comes from the Italian and English & American tradition.
Amelia first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #3 in 2024, and 12,740 babies were given the name in 2024.
Amelia is pronounced /əˈmiːli.ə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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