Given name
Amelita
“one who is industrious and hardworking”
Amelita is a variant of Amalia. One German interpretation is “one who is industrious and hardworking.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Amelita is a variant of Amalia. One German interpretation is “one who is industrious and hardworking.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Amelita is a variant of Amalia. An origin associated with Amalia is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amelita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 66
- 0 boys · 66 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1981. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 954 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Amelita’s family of names
Amelita has a related form in Amalia.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Amelita
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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