Amelyah
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning work; a form of Amelia.
Amelyah by the numbers
Amelyah was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 8 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Amelia
Like Amelyah, 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)
- 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)
- Amaliebrave or industrious; a form of Amelia39 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emelinawork; a diminutive form of Amelia or Emelia33 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Amelyah. 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)
- Ameliyahwork; a form of Amelia19 in the US (2017)
- Ameeyahpeople of god; a form of Amiah8 in the US (2017)
- Amelahpeople of god; a form of Amelia8 in the US (2017)
- Amalyahwork of God; a form of Amelia7 in the US (2017)
- Ameleahwork; a form of Amelia6 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Amelyah
Names that are said the same way as Amelyah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Ameliawork, industriousness2,153 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amaliawork or labor491 in the US (2017)
- Amiliawork, industriousness; a spelling variant of Amelia173 in the US (2017)
- Amelliaindustrious, striving; a variant of Amelia49 in the US (2017)
- Amalyawork; a form of amalia16 in the US (2017)
- Ameiliastriving; a form of amelia or amilia16 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Amelyah, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- 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)
- Presleypriest's meadow1,667 in the US (2017)
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