Amalia

ah-MAH-lee-a or ah-mah-LEE-a

German

"work"

Amalia Origin and Meaning

The name Amalia is a girl's name of Hebrew, German, Italian origin meaning "work".

Amalia is a widely cross-cultural name, heard from Italy to Romania, Germany to Scandinavia. The current heir to the Dutch throne is Princess Catharina-Amalia of Orange. It can be pronounced ah-MAH-lee-a or ah-mah-LEE-a.

Amalia's popularity was spread in eighteenth century Europe due to the fame of Anna Amalia, a Duchess who was a great patron of the arts.

Amalia would make a lovely and more distinctive alternative to Amelia. Another spelling variation is Amalya.

Amalia Rank in US Top 1000

# 528 in the US

Amalia Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 375 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Amalia

• 528 US 2023
• 375 Nameberry 2025
• 503 Future 2028
• 386 England 2023
• 36 Germany 2024
• 374 Mexico 2021
• 87 Switzerland 2023
• 31 Chile 2021

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Famous People Named Amalia

• Amalia Fuentes Filipina actress
• Amalia Maria Frederica of Oldenburg Queen consort of Otto of Greece
• Amalia Gabriela Maria Teresa Princess of Luxembourg
• Amalia of Solms Braunfels, Regent of Orange
• Amalia Maria Charlotta Princess of Sweden
• Amalia Aguilar Cuban,Mexican actress and dancer
• Amalia of Saxony Duchess of Bavaria
• Amalia Wilhelmina Königsmarck Swedish noble and painter
• Amalia Rodrigues Portuguese fado singer
• Amalia Teresa Ramona of Llano Count of Vilches, Viscount of La Cervanta
• Amalia Sartori Italian MEP
• Amalia González Caballero de Castillo Ledón Mexican diplomat
• Amalia Princess of Nassau,Dietz
• Amalia Maria da Gloria Augusta of Saxe Weimar,Eisenach, Princess consort of Henry of the Netherlands
• Amalia Frederica Wilhelmina von Dyhrn Czettritz,Neuhaus, German heiress and philanthropist
• Amalia of Cleves Princess of La Marck
• Henriëtte Amalia Maria of Anhalt Dessau, Princess consort of Henry Casimir II of Nassau,Dietz
• Amalia Ulman (b. 1989) Argentinian,Spanish artist
• Amalia Emma Lola Yoo (b. 2002) American actress
• Amalia Pilgun (b. 2007) daughter of singer Eva Polna and Sergey Pilgun
• Amalia Elmaleh (b. 2014) daughter of actress Virginie Ledoyen and Arie Elmaleh
• Amalia Millepied (b. 2017) daughter of actress Natalie Portman and husband Benjamin Millepied

The name Amalia in Pop Culture

• Amalia "Lia" Milthorpe main character in the "Prophecy of the Sisters" trilogy
• Amalia Balash main character in the musical She Loves Me
• Amalia Burnett character in "Sims" series
• Amalia character in video game Final Fantasy 12.
• Amalia a character in video game "Dragon Age: Origins."

International Variations of the name Amalia

• Amalea German
• Amelja Polish
• Amelie German
• Amelida Spanish
• Amalie French
• Amalja Polish
• Mali Hungarian
• Malika Hungarian
• Amelina Spanish
• Amilia German
• Amalita Spanish
• Amila Spanish
• Emala Spanish