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Matthew vs Amelia - What's the difference?

matthew | amelia |

As proper nouns the difference between matthew and amelia

is that matthew is a given name derived from Hebrew of biblical origin while Amelia is {{given name|female|from=Germanic}.

As a noun amelia is

the congenital absence of one or more limbs.

matthew

English

Alternative forms

* (rare) * (biblical abbreviations)

Proper noun

(en proper noun) (Gospel of Matthew)
  • of biblical origin.
  • * 1771 , The Expedition of Humphry Clinker , Harper&Brothers 1836, page 231:
    • - - - My name is Matthew' Bramble, at your service. The truth is, I have a foolish pique at the name of ' Matthew , because it savours of those canting hypocrites, who in Cromwell's time, christened all their children by names taken from the Scripture."
  • * 1979 , Dateline America, Harcourt Brace Jovanocich, ISBN 0151239576, page 184:
    • People with incorruptible names like Matthew' are always calling people named Charles, Charlie. I wish my folks had named me ' Matthew . Matt is the worst that can be made of it.
  • , one of the twelve Apostles. A publican or tax-collector at Capernaum and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Matthew.
  • * :
    • And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew , sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
  • (biblical) The Gospel of St. Matthew, the first book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the first of the four gospels, a book attributed to Matthew the Evangelist.

    • Related terms

    * Matthean * Matthias * pet forms: Mat, Matt, Matty

    See also

    * Matthew principle

    amelia

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • * 1776 Adam Fitz-Adam, The World of Adam Fitz-Adam , Edinburgh, Apollo Press 1776: Numb. 187. Thursday, July 29, 1756:
    • By their dresses, their names, and the airs of quality they give themselves, I am rendered ridiculous among all my acquaintance. My wife, who is a very plain good woman, and whose name is Amey, has been new-christened, and is called Amelia ; and my little daughter, a child of a year old, is no longer Polly, but Maria.
  • * 1982 , Saving Amelia Earhart ,The Third Coast: Contemporary Michigan Fiction, ISBN 0814316956 page 66:
    • We must have heard it first on the battery radio, the news about Amelia' Earhart, lost over the ocean. - - - Air Heart, I saw it spelled, ' Amelia ... a name like a soft, bold bird.

    See also

    * Alma * Amy * Emily