Ameliyah

A girls’ name of Germanic origin, meaning work; a form of Amelia.

Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ameliyah by the numbers

Ameliyah was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

Other names that come from Amelia

Like Ameliyah, each of these traces back to Amelia: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Milliegentle strength; from Millicent or Amelia1,080 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Emeliarival; a form of Amelia565 in the US (2017)
  • Ameliework, industrious; form of Amelia398 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amiliawork, industriousness; a spelling variant of Amelia173 in the US (2017)
  • Meliaa form of Amelia; hardworking106 in the US (2017)
  • Amilawork; a spelling variant of Amelia11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Emelieindustrious; a form of Amelia56 in the US (2017)
  • Amelliaindustrious, striving; a variant of Amelia49 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Ameliahwork, industriousness; a modern respelling of Amelia57 in the US (2017)
  • Ameliyastriving; respelling of amelia16 in the US (2017)
  • Amaliyahwork of God; a form of Amelia7 in the US (2017)
  • Amiliyahwork; a spelling variant of Amelia7 in the US (2017)
  • Amelyahwork; a form of Amelia6 in the US (2017)
  • Ameriyah5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Ameliyah

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

  • Amaliyawork; a form of Amalia21 in the US (2017)
  • Aemiliaeager, rival; a form of Amelia11 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a craft or trade

Like Ameliyah, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Ameliawork, industriousness2,153 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Penelopeweaver; wife of Odysseus1,174 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
  • Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
  • Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
  • Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)

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