Unnumbered source etymology
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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA female given name from the Germanic languages. · The alternative name for Amelia Courthouse, Amelia County, Virginia, US.
A variant of Amalia, derived from Germanic compound names beginning with *amalą (“vigor, bravery”). For the first element, compare *ammōną (“to bother, irritate”). The name and its variants have been confused with the Latin name Aemilia (whence Emilia, Emily) and the French Aimée (whence Amy).
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