as a First Name
A blend of two medieval names: Emilia (which is of Latin origin: see Emily) and the Latinized Germanic Amalia. Henry Fielding is sometimes credited with having coined it for the heroine of his novel Amelia (1751), but forms such as Meelia, Amaly and Aemelia occur from the 17th century onwards.
| 650th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 68,182
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 102,561
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Texas
- has the most people named Amelia per capita
- 2010
- marked the height of its popularity
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14%
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17%
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55%
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