Amélie (given name)

Amélie

Pronunciation	/ameˈli/
Gender	Female
Language(s)	French
Origin
Word/name	Germanic
Meaning	"Work"
Other names
See also	Amalia, Amelia, Amalie

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

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

People with the given name

• Amélie Beaury-Saurel (1849–1924), French painter
• Amelie Beese (1886–1925), German aviator
• Amélie Cocheteux (born 1978), former French professional tennis player
• Amélie Coquet (born 1984), French football player
• 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 (born 1944), 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

• 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

• Amélie, a French film
• Amelia (given name)
• Amalie (given name)