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Amelia

Meaning

Means "hard-working", "industrious".

Origin and History

  • · Of Germanic origin, from amal, "work" or "effort", historically blended with Latin Aemilia (from the Roman gens Emilia) — the two roots merged as early as the Middle Ages.
  • · Aviator Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, is its best-known modern reference.

Traits and personality

In Pythagorean numerology, A, J and S are initials of the number 1: it's read as a pioneering, innovative temperament, oriented toward its own goals more than a group's. These are traditional readings, not a rule: everyone ends up becoming who they choose to be, whatever name they carry.

Initial
A
Syllables
3

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