Amelio is an Italian and Spanish boys' name, the masculine counterpart of Amelia; it goes back to the Germanic root amal and means "work" or "industrious". It is often confused with Emilio, which comes from the Roman family name Aemilius, but the two have been used side by side for centuries. Amelio has climbed from number 6692 in 2015 to number 2421 in 2025, its best US rank so far.