Name Origins
by Julie Helen Otto
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AMELIA (f): Derived from the Germanic root amal-,
which is of uncertain meaning, this name became popular at about the same
time as the similar-sounding EMILY, which is derived probably via
French EMILIE, from Latin AEMILIA, feminine of a Roman family name. (The
French equivalent of AMELIA is AMÉLIE.) Amelias abounded in many German royal
families, including that of Hanover, a reason for much of the name's popularity
in English-speaking countries. The name may well have gained further currency
due to the character of Amelia in Henry Fielding's novel (1751) of that name;
the virtuous heroine is said to have been modeled on the author's wife,
Charlotte Cradock.
Amelia Potter, daughter of Stephen Potter, of Coventry, Rhode Island, married Chandler Holmes of Woodstock, Connecticut, in Woodstock on January 4, 1787 (Woodstock, Ct., Vital Records, 1686-1854 on AmericanAncestors.org). On May 21, 1856, Pascal B. Simons of Manchester, N.H., married Amelia Henry of Goffstown, N.H., in Goffstown. (Goffstown, N.H., Town Records, on AmericanAncestors.org). & from Wikipedia:Fictional characters
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22 May 2013
Name Origins: AMELIA
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