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Amelia meaning and origin. The root element Amal means work Amelia is sometimes confused with the name Emilia which has a different meaning Rival. The Latin Emilia see Emily and the Latin German Amalia meaning work. In Jamaican origin the meaning of name Amelia is.

The name Amelia of Latin origin. Meaning of the name Amelia. In etymological meaning the meaning of the name Amelia is translated from Greek as Sweet and delicate.

Amelia is a German feminine name meaning work and is a variant spelling of the name Amalia and Emelia. Blend of two medieval names. The variants Aemilia and Emilia are characters in Shakespeares A Comedy of Errors and Othello.

It is also a medical term meaning congenital absence of one or more limbs from the Greek a- not melos limb. Another powerful female figure was Amelia Bloomer an early suffragist who fought for womens rights in the 1800s. In Latin it means industrious and striving Its Teutonic meaning is defender Well-known Amelias.

Amelia is a variant of Amalia which is derived from the Germanic word amal meaning work and connoting industriousness and fertility. Meaning History. Amelia as a girls name is pronounced a-MEEL-yah.

The author Henry Fielding used it for the title character in his novel Amelia 1751. Meaning of the name Amelia. Variant of Amalia though it is sometimes confused with Emilia which has a different origin.