Amélie (given name)

AméliePronunciation| /ameˈli/

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Gender| Female
Language(s)| French
Origin
Word/name| Germanic
Meaning| "Work"
Other names
Short form(s)| Amy
See also| Amalia, Amelia, Amalie

Amélie is a French feminine given name, ultimately derived from the Germanic name Amalia.[1]

The variant form Amelie is used outside the Francophone world, sometimes by French people.

## People with the given name

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* Amélie Beaury-Saurel (1849–1924), French painter
* Amelie Beese (1886–1925), German aviator
* Amélie Belin, French painter and pastellist
* Amélie Cocheteux (born 1978), former French professional tennis player
* Amélie Coquet (born 1984), French football player
* Amélie Cordeau (born 2005), French archer
* Amélie d'Orléans (1865–1951), the eldest daughter of Prince Philippe, Count of Paris
* Amelie Delagrange (1982–2004), French murder victim
* Amélie Diéterle (1871–1941), French actress and opera singer
* Amélie Gex (1835–1883), Savoyard poet
* Amélie Goudjo (born 1980), French handball player
* Amélie Goulet-Nadon (born 1983), Canadian short track speed skater
* Amélie Jakobovits (1928–2010), British charity patron
* Amelie Kober (born 1987), German snowboarder
* Amélie Kuhrt (1944–2023), historian and specialist in the history of the ancient Near East
* Amélie Lacoste (born 1988), Canadian figure skater
* Amélie Le Fur (born 1988), French Paralympian athlete
* Amélie of Leuchtenberg (1812–1873), Empress of Brazil as the wife of Emperor Pedro I
* Amélie Linz (1824–1904), German author
* Amélie Lundahl (1850–1914), Finnish painter
* Amélie Mauresmo (born 1979), retired professional tennis player
* Amélie Nothomb (born 1967), Belgian writer
* Amélie Perrin (born 1980), French female hammer thrower
* Amélie Plume (born 1943), Swiss writer
* Amelie Posse (1884–1957), Swedish writer
* Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy (1863–1945), American novelist and poet
* Amélie Sarn (born 1970), French author, comic book writer and translator
* Amelie von Strussenfelt (1803–1847), Swedish novelist
* Amelie Veiller Van Norman (1844–1920), French-born American educator

## Fictional characters

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* Amélie Lacroix, better known as Widowmaker, a character in the video game Overwatch
* Amelie Planchard, a character in the anime series Strike Witches
* Amélie Poulain, protagonist of the film Amélie
* Lady Amelie Graham de Vanily, a character in the cartoon Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

## See also

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* All pages with titles beginning with Amélie
* All pages with titles containing Amélie
* Amélie (disambiguation)
* Amélie, a French film
* Amalie (given name)
* Amelia (given name)

## References

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1. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 54\. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. OCLC 67869278. Retrieved 21 November 2024.

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