Azelia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four 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

Azelia by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 25 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Azelia

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 Azelia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ameliawork, industriousness2,153 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Adelianoble natured; form of Adele110 in the US (2017)
  • Azaliadry; a form of Azalea53 in the US (2017)
  • Azealiadry; a variant of Azalea7 in the US (2017)
  • Azeleadry; a flowering plant of the genus rhododendron6 in the US (2017)
  • Aeliaof the sun; feminine form of aelius4 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Azelia

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

  • Azaliahgod has reserved or spared; possibly biblical name33 in the US (2017)
  • Azaleyadry; a form of Azalea5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Azaleiadry; a variant of Azalea7 in the US (2017)
  • Azaleah41 in the US (2017)
  • Azaylia16 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Azaela12 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Azelia

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