Amelie
From Latin, carrying the sense of industrious and hardworking. Fewer than 500 women in Poland use it and only a handful of girls get it each year, so most Poles have never met one.
Amelie Pronunciation
Amelie is pronounced ah-MEL-ye (/aˈmɛljɛ/).
What Amelie means
Where Amelie comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Amelie arrived in Poland by way of French and German speakers, a name with Latin roots that traveled some distance before it landed on any Polish register. Its short meaning is plain and unglamorous: industrious, a person given to work.
That plainness is worth sitting with. Plenty of names promise beauty or grace. This one credits effort instead, the sense of someone who finishes what she starts.
In France the form reached a wide audience through the 2001 film Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, whose heroine turned small acts of attention toward the people around her. In German-speaking lands the name had already been common for generations before that.
Picture a teacher reading the class register on the first day of term. She reaches the name, and a child answers to it. What that child inherits is an old and useful meaning: pracowita, dzielna, one made for work.
How many people are named Amelie
1 in 52796 women in Poland is named Amelie. 427 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1437 among female names.
Amelie's popularity over time
3 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1177 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2003.
Where Amelie is most popular
Amelie is most popular in Subcarpathian, 412% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Silesian (+171%) and Masovian (+161%).
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Subcarpathian2 girls born+412%
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Silesian2 girls born+171%
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Masovian3 girls born+161%
Amelie as a middle name
Amelie is a first name for 427 women in Poland and a middle name for another 70, an 86/14 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 803rd, between Wieńczysława (71) and Joyce (70).
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#801 Telimena71
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#802 Wieńczysława71
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#803 Amelie70
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#804 Joyce70
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#805 Kesja70