Ameli

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ameli by the numbers

Ameli was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 12 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Ameli

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ameli. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ameliawork, industriousness2,153 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ameliework, industrious; form of Amelia398 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arelilion of god; a form of Ariel120 in the US (2017)
  • Amelhope9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amelawork; a form of Amalia21 in the US (2017)
  • Amalimy hopes; a form of Amaal4 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Ameli

Names that are said the same way as Ameli, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Amaliebrave or industrious; a form of Amelia39 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amilystriving; a feminine form of Amiable or Emil15 in the US (2017)
  • Amiliebeloved; a form of Amelia3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amely11 in the US (2017)
  • Amilli5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Ameli

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