Amelia means industrious hard working.

Amelia name meaning nameberry. Ophelia is a beautiful name that has long been hampered by the stigma of Hamlet s tragic heroinefor whom he seems to have invented the namebut more and more parents are beginning to. Today in Naval History - Naval Maritime Events in History 5 March 1800 36-gun frigate HMS Phoebe captures the 22-gun privateer Heureux Heureux was a 22-gun French privateer brig that the British captured in 1800. Emily gets a Bohemian spin and a French accent when it becomes Amelie.

The name Emilia is a girls name of Spanish Italian Hungarian origin meaning rival. This is a rich melodic shortening of the popular girls name Amelia that can stand on its own. Meanings and history of the name Amelia.

We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each persons profile. Amelia is a German feminine name meaning work and is a variant spelling of the name Amalia and Emelia. The Meliae are nymphs associated with trees.

It is sometimes mistakenly believed to be derived from the Latin name Aemilia while the two names do look and sound familiar Aemilia means rival and was translated into Emily in English. The name Melia is a girls name of Spanish Greek origin meaning work. Emilia is the feminine form of the Roman clan name Aemilius which derived from the Latin aemulus meaning rival In Shakespeares Othello Emilia is the wife of Iago and confidante of Desdemona.

I also dont know if we want a SUPER Italian first name paired with our SUPER Italian last name. French spelling of Amelia which is more popular than traditional Amélie in France. Ophelia Origin and Meaning The name Ophelia is a girls name of Greek origin meaning help.

My mother also thought it was nice because of the word ameliorate from the Latin ad to melior better. We both love it but it doesnt have any special meaning to us which is a bit of a drawback. There are several figures in Greek myth named Melia most notably a daughter of Oceanus.