Amélie

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Amélie

Say it: ah-may-LEE

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Meaning

From Amalia, from the Germanic element amal, probably 'work, vigour', also the name of the Ostrogothic royal family.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Used in 19th-century France and boosted by the 2001 film.

Its wave through time

Popular now

In the United States

7,971 babies given this name since 1886
At its height in 2013, about 1 in 3,800 girls
332 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

German	Amalie
Italian	Amalia
Dutch	Amalia

Famous bearers

Amélie of Orléans, queen of Portugal

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Where this comes from

Royal and noble genealogies
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.