Amelia

Picture Amelia Earhart, goggles pushed up, climbing into the cockpit of a red Lockheed Vega — the name has been carrying that kind of momentum ever since. Its Germanic root amal means work, the good kind, the industrious kind, and the name came into English royalty through the Hanoverians, trailing court gowns and sensible shoes. Amelia has held a top-five spot in America for most of the last decade, beloved for its balance of frill and backbone. Three syllables that rise and settle like a scale practiced patiently. A girl named Amelia tends to read more than she watches, and to show up early.