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Comments and insights on the name Amelia: | Edit

Shakespearean, classic, beauty, sophisticated, and intelligent are words that come to mind when thinking of Amelia

Personal experiences with the name Amelia: | Edit

My name is Amelia. My mother named me that with the expectation that my nickname would be Amy, but my older brother (who was then 2) had trouble pronouncing Amelia and it came out as 'Mia'. The nickname stuck, and no one ever calls me my full name any more. Just Mia. I was actually quite surprised when Mia became a popular nickname for Amelia, considering I never would have got the nickname if my brother had been able to pronounce Amelia.

As a child Amelia can be known as Mia or Millie, adorable names on there. As an adult the classic name Amelia evokes elegance and sophistication.

I know a little Amelia who goes by Millie :) That's super cute, and a bit more uncommon and fresh than Amy.

My name is Amelia, and I'm loving it!

Nicknames for Amelia: | Edit

Amy, Mia, Mel, Lia, Millie, Mimi, Emmy, Meli, Amey, Ayme

Meanings and history of the name Amelia: | Edit

Amelia means industrious, hard working.
My mother also thought it was nice because of the word ameliorate from the Latin ad, to, + melior, better.
It is also a medical term meaning congenital absence of one or more limbs from the Greek a-, not, + melos, limb.

Famous real-life people named Amelia: | Edit

Amelia Earhart, American aviator, first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean
Princess Amelia, daughter of King George III
Saint Amelia, patron saint of those with arm injuries
Amelia Bingham, American stage actress
Amelia Pelaez del Casal, Cuban painter
Amelia Jenks Bloomer, American feminist
Amelia Edwards, English travel writer
Amelia "Amy" Bruckner, American actress

Amelia in song, story & screen: | Edit

Princess Amelia (Mia) Thermopolis, The Princess Diaries, storybook & film character
Amelia Bedelia, literally-minded storybook character
Amelia Rules!, comic book
Amelia (2009), film
"Amelia", song by Joni Mitchell
"Amelia", song by Prism
"Amelia", song by the Mission
"Amelia Bright", song by the Ben Folds Five
"Amelia Earhart", song by the Muffins
"Dear Amelia", song by Vance Gilbert
"Waiting for Amelia", Gretchen Peters, song
Amelia Peabody, main character in a series of books by Elizabeth Peters
Amelia Pond, from Doctor Who
Amelia Bones, a character in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling