Amelija
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-MEH-lee-ya
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Amelija is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “work”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Amelija mean?
Germanic: Lithuanian, Latvian and South Slavic form of Amelia
“work”
A Baltic and South Slavic form of Amelia, from the Germanic element amal, 'work'.
Is Amelija a girl's or a boy's name?
Amelija is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amelija in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Amelija, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 32 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Amelija than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Amelija in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Amelija in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,553 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,587 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,628 |
| 2017 | 32 | #1,150 |
| 2016 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 2015 | 29 | #1,244 |
| 2014 | 32 | #1,149 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
Names like Amelija
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira Ayla Ayra Ada Arabella Abeeha Khadija Safa Matilda Amara Aiza Amaya
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Louie Miles Alice
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Amelija: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amelija, updated 20 October 2026.