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  Baby Name Amelia - Origin and Meaning of Amelia
The boy's and girl's name Amelia \a-me-lia\ is pronounced a-MEEL-yah.
Amelia has 45 variant forms: Aemelia, Aimiliona, Amalea, Amalee, Amaleta, Amalia, Amalie, Amalija, Amalina, Amaline, Amalita, Amaliya, Amaly, Amalya, Amalyna, Amalyne, Amalyta, Amelie, Amelina, Ameline, Amelita, Ameliya, Amelyna, Amelyne, Amelyta, Amilia, Amy, Delia, Em, Emelie, Emelina, Emeline, Emelita, Emma, Emmeline, Emmie, Emmy, Mali, Malia, Malika, Meelia, Melia, Meline, Millie and Milly.
Amelia is a very popular female first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census).
www.thinkbabynames.com /meaning/0/Amelia   (216 words)

  
  Biography of Amelia Earhart
Amelia was born on July 24,1897 in her grandparents home in Atchison, Kansas.
Amelia soon sold her plane and purchased a car, which was bright yellow and caused people to ask many questions.
Amelia Earhart Had now broken several records: The first woman to fly across the Atlantic, The only person to fly across it twice and the fastest time across the Atlantic that was a large feat and it became bigger because she was a woman.
www.angelfire.com /ne/lliegirls/earhart.html   (1318 words)

  
 SPECTRUM Biographies - Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was the first child born to Edwin Stanton and Amy Otis Earhart on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas.
Amelia and her sister, Muriel, who was born three years later, had a difficult childhood.
Amelia's 1928 flight brought her tremendous publicity, and she subsequently endeavored to justify this renown.
www.incwell.com /Biographies/Earhart.html   (664 words)

  
 Amelia Earhart Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Amelia received the nickname "Meelie" from her younger sister Muriel, because as a young child, Muriel couldn't pronounce Amelia's name correctly.
Amelia was initially engaged to be married to a New Englander named Sam Chapman, whom she met while visiting her parents in Los Angeles.
Amelia named the twin maple trees in her grandparent's Atchison front yard Philemon and Baucis, after a husband and wife in Greek mythology.
www.ameliaearhartmuseum.org /funfact1.htm   (602 words)

  
 Amelia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about Amelia, the birth defect.
Amelia is the birth defect of lacking one or more limbs.
This page was last modified 12:17, 18 February 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amelia   (55 words)

  
 Amelia (name) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Etymologists believe that the name Amelia is unrelated to the Latin gens name Aemilia, which was translated into English as Emily.
Italian Emilia) but should not be confused with this Germanic name.
Amelia is a character in one of Fielding's novels, distinguished for her conjugal affection.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amelia_(name)   (135 words)

  
 Amelia Earhart - The Celebrity, biography
Amelia flew a solo flight from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast in September 1928 to attend the National Air Races.
Amelia continued to work for the airline and was writing regular articles for Cosmopolitan and other publications, with speaking engagements in many cities across the country.
Amelia was voted Outstanding Woman of the Year which she accepted on behalf of "all women".
www.ellensplace.net /ae_celb.html   (1369 words)

  
 Amelia Earhart Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Amelia remains a symbol of the power and perseverance of American women, and the adventurous spirit so essential to the American persona.
Following her parent's divorce, Amelia moved back east where she was employed as a social worker in Denison House, in Boston, Massachusetts.
George organized Amelia's flights and public appearances, and arranged for her to endorse a line of flight luggage and sports clothes.
www.ameliaearhartmuseum.org /bio1.htm   (745 words)

  
 Amelia Jenks Bloomer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Amelia Jenks was born in Homer, NY in May 1818.
Amelia, along with many of her peers in the women's movement, adopted the comfortable style, and she promoted it in The Lily.
For many, “Amelia Bloomer’s Costume” became the symbol for not just reform dressing, but the feminist movement at large and her name became part of the English language.
www.liveandlearn.com.au /Dawn/54/herstorybloomer54.htm   (752 words)

  
 PO!NT of contact.: Baby Name Game   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
The name has to have a good meaning, and it can't be very popular, but it also can't be weird.
I've been checking all the names we like with the social security administration online to see the popularity ranks in the past ten years, and preferably the name is not ranked in the top 500.
I know you have a name in mind for a boy, however, I was thinking of one the other day that you might consider.
www.amelia.ailema.com /2004/08/baby-name-game   (340 words)

  
 Amelia Earhart
The adventurous Amelia and her younger sister Muriel lived with their wealthy grandparents in Atchison and attended a private school until 1908 when the family moved to Des Moines.
Amelia toured the country, sharing her visions for aviation and women.
Amelia's hometown reveled when she returned in June 1935 to address the Kansas State Editorial Association convention.
www.kshs.org /people/earhart_amelia.htm   (698 words)

  
 OPERA COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
He delights at seeing Amelia's name - for he is secretly in love with her - the wife of his friend and trusted secretary, Renato.
Renato is determined to take Amelia's life, despite her insistence that she has not betrayed him.
Amelia tries to warn Riccardo, but he tells her that he has resolved to send her away with her husband.
www.operaphilly.com /05-06/prod1-synopsis.shtml   (703 words)

  
 Babynamer on Oxygen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
This girl's name is used in English and Italian.
The name Amelia ranked 165th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 331st in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
Submit a Web search for the name Amelia, but be aware that we have not screened these links and they may contain objectionable information.
tools.oxygen.com /babynamer/TypeASearch.cfm?Gender=G&TellMeAbout=Amelia   (113 words)

  
 Classical Net - Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera Synopsis
Amelia is to then bring them back to her and she will make a drink with them that will cure her of her love.
Amelia covers herself with her veil as they realize it is her husband, Anckarström.
Amelia is torn between her blood-stained villainous husband and his dying victim.
www.classical.net /~music/comp.lst/works/verdi/unballo/synopsis.html   (3093 words)

  
 The Name Origin and the Name Meaning of Amelia
Amelia is actually derived from two names: "Emilia," a Latin name meaning "rival," and "Amalia," a Germanic name meaning "work" or "labor." Henry Fielding popularized this name with his novel "Amelia" in 1751.
"Amelia" is also the term for a birth defect in which a child is born without limbs, from the Greek prefix "a-" ("none") and the word "melea" ("limbs").
Therefore we cannot be held responsible for the authenticity of the names.
www.babynamesworld.com /meaning_of_Amelia.html   (199 words)

  
 Official Amelia Earhart Web site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
The audacious journey of Amelia Earhart is etched in history books across the globe… and her perplexing disappearance still boggles the mind of researchers everywhere.
Although her name is now synonymous with aviation today, Earhart was somewhat catapulted into the lime life in her time.
Amelia’s life has been chronicled in a number of biographical books and videos, as well as commemorated with memorabilia.
www.ameliaearhart.com /home.php   (206 words)

  
 AIR SPORTS INTERNATIONAL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Amelia (Millie) and her sister Muriel (Pidge) were to know privilege and wealth through their grandparents....attending private schools and enjoying many of the comforts of life.
Amelia was 10 years old when she saw her first airplane at the Iowa State Fair...
Amelia decided since the next attempt would be later in the year, that it would be safer to reverse the original flight plan and fly eastwards due to weather conditions in the Caribbean and Africa.
airsports.fai.org /Apr2001/apr200012.html   (3322 words)

  
 Amelia Earhart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Amelia Earhart was born on July 21, 1898 in Aitchinson, Kansas.
Her mother’s name is Amy and her father’s name is Edwin.
In 1937, Amelia died in a plane crash, on her flight to Houland Island.
www2.lhric.org /pocantico/womenenc/earhart3.html   (255 words)

  
 Lee & Low Books - Teachers, Classroom Guides   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
AMELIA'S ROAD is about a young girl who lives in a family that travels around the country harvesting crops.
One student might play Amelia and others might be people in Amelia's life, such as her parents, her teacher, and her classmates.
Remind students that children like Amelia often do not spend more than a month or two at a new school before they move to the next harvest with their families.
www.leeandlow.com /teachers/guide8.html   (1555 words)

  
 Peaches
Amelia was disappointed but she knew that Jana would be going back home someday.
Amelia took a bite and felt the heat warm her mouth.
Amelia took the napkin off of her lap and wiped the peach syrup off of her lips.
students.ou.edu /R/Holly.A.Reason-1/story5.html   (1258 words)

  
 Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Incidentally, my daughter's middle name is Amelia because my husband and I both admire the courage of Ms.
Amelia Earhart is an inspiration for the many souls who aspire to reach for courage in the quest for peace as she has said.
The life of this dear Amelia Earhart is a wonderful witness to the value and dignity inherent in the inspired souls of women all over the world.
www.ameliaearhartmuseum.org /comments.htm   (720 words)

  
 Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was born on 24 July 1897 in Atchison, Kansas.
Earhart's name became a household word in 1932 when she became the first woman--and second person--to fly solo across the Atlantic, on the fifth anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's feat, flying a Lockheed Vega from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland to Londonderry, Ireland.
That year, she received the Distinguished Flying Cross from the Congress, the Cross of Knight of the Legion of Honor from the French Government, and the Gold Medal of the National Geographic Society from President Hoover.
www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq3-1.htm   (775 words)

  
 Batavia Township History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
AMELIA was originally called “Milltown” because of the mills built in the area.
The village was named in honor of Armillous “Amelia” Bowdoin, the popular operator of the village’s Ohio Turnpike toll gate.
The Amelia section of S.R. 125 was widened to four lanes and concreted in 1951.
www.bataviatwpoh.org /History_Page.htm   (2509 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Amelia
The Diocese of Amelia comprises seven towns in the province of Perugia, Italy, and is under the immediate jurisdiction of the Holy See.
A Bishop of Amelia still appears in 649 at the provincial synod held by Pope Martin at the Lateran.
The city of Amelia had great political importance during the eighth century, when between the opposition of the iconoclast Byzantine emperors and the conquering Lombard power in the centre of Italy the temporal power of the popes grew from day to day.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/01406c.htm   (294 words)

  
 Amelia Island Chapter DAR
The Amelia Island Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) is based in Fernandina Beach, Nassau County, Florida.
The chapter name comes from the name of the island where we are located.
Amelia Island is a barrier island on the northeastern most corner of Florida.
www.net-magic.net /ameliaislanddar   (392 words)

  
 Aeronautics - Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart gained considerable fame June 17-18, 1928, as the first woman to cross the Atlantic by air.
Amelia Earhart was one of the first women in aviation to juggle a public and private life.
Amelia Earhart took an active role in efforts to open the field of aviation to women and end male dominance in this exciting new field.
www.allstar.fiu.edu /aero/Earhart.htm   (711 words)

  
 Education World ® : Great Sites For Teaching About: Amelia Earhart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Amelia Earhart was born at 223 North Terrace, Atchison, Kansas, to Amy Otis Earhart and Edwin Stanton Earhart, a lawyer whose later position as a railroad claims agent required extensive travel.
Although the FBI never investigated Amelia Earhart's 1937 disappearance, the bureau does maintain a file of correspondence from individuals speculating about her fate, including a 1990 submission from TIGHAR consisting of a navigator's bookcase suspected of having been aboard Earhart's lost aircraft.
Amelia Earhart was one of the founding members and served as the organization's first president, from 1930 to 1933.
www.educationworld.com /a_sites/sites033.shtml   (862 words)

  
 How Many of Me - Census Search Results
There are 78,754 people in the U.S. with the first name Amelia.
More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Amelia are female.
There are 8 people in the U.S. named Amelia Dickinson.
howmanyofme.com /search/?sur=dickinson&given=amelia   (116 words)

  
 I Dream of Baby message boards - Amelia?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Amelia Natalie is very pretty, and if I had to pick between the two it would be Amelia...
I really like Amelia alot, and Millie is a very nice nn for it, though prefer Mia or Lia I think...I do like the sound of Amelia Natalie as well.
The name Amelia Natalie is alright but I don't like the name Natalie so I know I wouldn't use it.
www.idreamofbaby.com /forum/showthread.php?s=e079e0ad1a5d9c84429b6ae179b74c3c&postid=1388269   (393 words)

  
 Amelia S. Bones : Name: Amelia Susan BonesAge: 25Family F   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Amelia hates how she looks and favours to wear Muggle clothing of the 1940/1950 fashion.
Personality: Amelia is quiet, which comes off to some as shy, however she really isn't.
When she was a fifth year she was named Prefect and then in her seventh year was named Head Girl.
www.greatestjournal.com /users/fairly_amelia/311.html   (312 words)

  
 National Women's Hall of Fame - Women of the Hall
She worked as a volunteer in a Red Cross Hospital during World War I, studied briefly as a premed student, and taught English to immigrant factory workers.
In 1928, when Amelia Earhart was working in a settlement house in Boston, she was approached by the organizers of a transatlantic flight.
In 1931 she married George Palmer Putnam, of the publishing family, and his promotional skills kept her name in the press.
www.greatwomen.org /women.php?action=viewone&id=53   (403 words)

  
 "Amelia Earhart's Plane"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Intriguingly, too, Devine calls upon a secondary source to verify the fire that was used to destroy "Amelia Earhart's plane," noting that submarines in the area reported that a fire was seen from their position offshore.
Amelia's plane went down near Howland Island [and] because of a radio failure--the Coast Guard cutter could not home in on her.'" (Devine 82).
The remains of Amelia Earhart's plane have now been found where it was thought by many that they were all along--near Howland Island, the location of her last radio message, thousands of miles east of either Guam or Saipan.
www.aristotle.net /~mstandridge/aamelia.htm   (6081 words)

  
 AMELIA | Baby Names | Parenting
Amelia's star is definitely on the rise as a stand-in for its cousins — Amanda, Emily, Amy, Melissa, Melanie — that have become a tad overused.
Amelia does sound newer and more interesting than those names right now, but we can't promise that it still will in a decade.
Introduced by Henry Fielding for the heroine of his eponymous 1751 novel, the name was further popularized in 18th-century England by Princess Amelia.
parenting.aol.com /parenting/pregnancy/tools/babynamer/results/0,20081,AMELIA__F,00.html   (287 words)

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