Ameila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-MEE-lee-uh
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Ameila is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “work, industrious”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Ameila mean?
Germanic: variant spelling of Amelia
“work, industrious”
A variant of Amelia, from the Germanic element amal 'work', a name boosted by Henry Fielding's 1751 novel Amelia.
Is Ameila a girl's or a boy's name?
Ameila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ameila in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Ameila, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ameila in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Ameila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
How popular is Ameila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Ameila, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 46 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Ameila in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ameila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,386 |
| 2023 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,039 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,338 |
| 2019 | 36 | #4,005 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Nicknames for Ameila
Names like Ameila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Ayra, Abeeha, Amira, Hafsa, Ayla, Aiza, Aaliyah, Khadija, Ayah, Hiba, Zainab
Names related to Ameila
Amelia, Amelie, Amla, Amel, Amilia, Amila, Amilah, Ameliah, Yamila, Amil
More Germanic names
Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ameila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ameila, updated 20 October 2026.