Omelia
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Omelia by the numbers
Omelia was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 1923, making it a 1920s name.
What we can tell you about Omelia
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 Omelia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ofeliahelp; benefit; a form of Ophelia79 in the US (2017)
- Odeliai will praise god; a form of odilia12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Orelia9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Opheliahelp, benefit578 in England and Wales (2025)
- Omarialong-lived; a form of Omara or related to Umar10 in the US (2017)
- Oraliagolden; from aureus9 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Omelia
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