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Amalia

German
"work"
Pamela Redmond
By Pamela Redmond
Updated Mon Sep 22 2025

Amalia Origin and Meaning

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

Originally popularized in eighteenth century Europe due to the fame of Anna Amalia, a Duchess who was a great patron of the arts, Amalia is now a widely cross-cultural name, heard from Italy to Romania, Germany to Scandinavia. Popular in the Netherlands, Chile, France, and Puerto Rico, it can be pronounced as uh-MAH-lee-uh (English), a-MA-lya (Spanish), and ah-MA-lee-uh (German, Dutch), to list a few.
amal meaning "vigorous, unceasing, work", and while it may not be quite so popular in the English speaking work as its sibling, it has been on the rise in the US since 2011, when it re-joined the Top 1000 after an 80 year absence. Given to 550 American babies in a recent year, it is considerably less popular than Amelia — 23 times less popular, in fact.

Amalia might appeal to those wanting nickname Mali or Mollie over Millie.

# 552 in the US

Amalia Rank in US Top 1000

# 343 on Nameberry

Amalia Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Amalia

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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
  • Catharina Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria
    Princess of Orange, future Queen of the Netherlands

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