Given name · also Germanic
Amália
Amália is a feminine given name from Germanic. It is used in Portuguese, Hungarian, and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Amália comes from Germanic, and ultimately from Germanic languages.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Amália’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Amália has a diminutive in Amálka. In Hungarian usage, Amália has a conventional equivalent in the English form Amelia. In Portuguese usage, Amália has a conventional equivalent in the English form Amalia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Amália has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
8 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Amália
- Amália RodriguesPortuguese recording artist, fado singer, actress (1920–1999)
- Lya De Putti(1896-1931) actress
- Amália SterbinszkyHungarian handball player (1950–2025)
- Amália Maria AlexandreAngolan politician
- Amália dos Passos FigueiroaBrazilian journalist (1845-1878)
- Amália BezerédjHungarian writer (1804–1837)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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