Meaning of the nameAmélia

Female
Germanic origin
A-mé-li-a

Amélia is a female name of Germanic origin, a variant of Amália, from the element amal, which Behind the Name glosses as 'industrious, vigorous, brave'.

Meaning

“variant of Amália, from Germanic amal, 'industrious, vigorous, brave'”

Source: Behind the Name: Amalia

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People (2022): 40,022
Rank in Brazil: #665
Median age: 65 years
2010 Census: 56,282; people

Amélia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Amélia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (9,030 people).

39,826 women 196 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Amélia is most common

States with the highest share of people named Amélia in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	9,798	0.022%
Minas Gerais	4,459	0.022%
Paraná	3,765	0.033%
Bahia	2,950	0.021%
Rio de Janeiro	2,900	0.018%
Rio Grande do Sul	2,540	0.023%
Santa Catarina	2,090	0.028%
Goiás	1,371	0.019%
Espírito Santo	1,114	0.029%
Pará	1,079	0.013%
Pernambuco	998	0.011%
Ceará	957	0.011%
Maranhão	716	0.011%
Mato Grosso do Sul	692	0.025%
Mato Grosso	691	0.019%
Amazonas	568	0.014%
Paraíba	548	0.014%
Piauí	537	0.016%
Distrito Federal	496	0.018%
Rio Grande do Norte	361	0.011%
Rondônia	333	0.021%
Alagoas	310	0.010%
Tocantins	265	0.018%
Sergipe	218	0.010%
Acre	94	0.011%
Roraima	92	0.014%
Amapá	80	0.011%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Amélia

Behind the Name treats Amelia as a variant of Amalia, a name formed from the Germanic element amal, 'industrious, vigorous, brave', and lists Amália and Amélia among the Portuguese forms. The same entry warns that the name is sometimes confused with Emília, which has a different origin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 40,022 people named Amélia, with a median age of 65; proportionally, the name is most common in Paraná. Records fall after the 1950s and rise again among those born from 2020 to 2022. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) gives Amelhia as a spelling variant.

Sources

Behind the Name: Amalia · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Amelia · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Amélia · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Amelia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Amélia

What does the name Amélia mean?

Amélia means “variant of Amália, from Germanic amal, 'industrious, vigorous, brave'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Amélia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 40,022 people with the first name Amélia, which ranks it number 665 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Amélia a boy's or a girl's name?

Amélia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 39,826 women and 196 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Amélia?

Amélia is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Amélia most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.033% of the state's population is named Amélia (3,765 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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