Given name
Amélie
“strength”
Amélie is used as a given name. Amélie is connected with Amelia.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Amélie goes back to Gothic 𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌰, meaning “strength.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Amélie is a form of Amelia. Amelia is an English name with a proposed blended origin, joining Emilia with the Latinized Germanic name Amalia. That account remains a hypothesis rather than a settled single-language derivation.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French use, Amélie is used as a form of Amelia. Amélie is a form of Amelia. The shared background comes through Amelia: One explanation treats Amelia as a cross between Emilia and Amalia. The resemblance to both names is part of the proposal, but the precise stages by which the spelling developed remain uncertain.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
The story
Amélie is a form of Amelia. The history of Amelia gives this family its wider story. Henry Fielding used Amelia for the heroine and title of his 1751 novel, giving the name a clear eighteenth-century literary association. Amelia’s earlier development is less certain.
Explained through its name family
Amélie’s family of names
In French usage, Amélie has a diminutive in Amy. Amélie is a form of Amelia. In French usage, Amélie has a conventional equivalent in the English form Amelia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Amélie has relatives in 10 languages.
15 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 16
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Amélie
- Amélie MauresmoFrench tennis playerborn 1979
- Amélie of LeuchtenbergEmpress consort of Brasil (1812–1873)
- Amélie LundahlFinnish artist (1850–1914)
- Amélie de MontchalinFrench politicianborn 1985
- Amélie Beaury-SaurelFrench painter (1848-1924)
- Amálie ŠvábíkováCzech athleteborn 1999
- Amélie Goulet-Nadonshort track speed skaterborn 1983
- Amélie Rortybelgian-born American philosopher (1932–2020)
- Amélie Oudéa-CastéraFrench politicianborn 1978
Characters named Amélie: Widowmaker (the 2016 video game Overwatch).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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