First names in Hebrew

First name Amelia: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אמיליה

Gematria value: 96

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Amelia is written אמיליה

Meaning and origin

What does Amelia mean?

Meaning: "work, effort"
Origin: Germanic

Amelia comes from the Germanic amal, "work, effort, eagerness for the task". It is the Italian, Spanish and English form of Amelie, and it has become one of the top girls' names in the United States and Britain in the twenty-first century. The aviator Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic (1932), gave it a taste of courage.

Gematria

Amelia = 96

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. אמיליה has 6 letters:

• אthe letter Aleph1
• מthe letter Mem40
• יthe letter Yod10
• לthe letter Lamed30
• יthe letter Yod10
• הthe letter He5
• Total96

The verse of the name

From the letter Aleph to the letter He

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Amelia, from א to ה:

אַתָּה סֵתֶר לִי מִצַּר תִּצְּרֵנִי רׇנֵּי פַלֵּט תְּסוֹבְבֵנִי סֶלָה׃

“You are my hiding place; You guard me from distress, You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.”

Psalms 32:7

The book of your first name

Amelia, in nine pages

• Amelia, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Amelia
• Amelia, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Amelia in three answers

How do you write Amelia in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Amelia is written אמיליה.

What is the gematria value of Amelia?
Written אמיליה, Amelia is worth 96: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Mem (40) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter He (5).

What does Amelia mean?
Work, effort (origin: Germanic). Amelia comes from the Germanic amal, "work, effort, eagerness for the task". It is the Italian, Spanish and English form of Amelie, and it has become one of the top girls' names in the United States and Britain in the twenty-first century. The aviator Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic (1932), gave it a taste of courage.