Amelie (first name)
Amelie [ˈaməliː] is a female given name.
Origin and meaning
Amelie is the German or non-French spelling of the French name Amélie [ameˈliː] . The older form of the name, derived from Middle High German, is Amalie , with the minor form Amelia , and is derived from Old Norse "aml" with the meaning "hard work, hard work, pushing ahead, driving ahead". In the literature, the meaning is sometimes given in abbreviated form as "proficiency".
name day
- July 8th (deviating from this, July 10th traditionally also applies in some regions, which applies to Amalberga von Maubeuge and, for example, in France for "Amélie")
Well-known namesake
- Amelie Hedwig Boutard-Beese (1886–1925), Germany's first female pilot
- Amelie Deuflhard (* 1959), German theater producer and director
- Amelie Fried (* 1958), German presenter and writer
- Amelie Glienke (* 1945), German painter, graphic artist and illustrator
- Amelie Kiefer (* 1987), German actress
- Amelie Klever (* 1994), German model
- Amelie Kober (* 1987), German snowboarder
- Amelie Lammers (* 2007), German actress
- Amelie Plaas-Link (* 1989), German actress
- Amelie Posse (1884–1957) Swedish author, activist against National Socialism and refugee worker
- Amelie von Wulffen (* 1966), German artist
- Amelie Zadeh (* 1985), Austrian visual artist
See also
receipt
- ↑ Benno Siebs: Die Personalennamen der Teutons , p. 72. Wiesbaden: M. Sendet, 1970, ISBN 978-3500218502