Given name

Amālija

“vigor, bravery”

Amālija is a feminine given name from Germanic. It is used in Latvian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Amālija goes back to a word meaning “vigor, bravery.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Amālija comes from Germanic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Amālija’s family of names

In Latvian usage, Amālija shares a linguistic root with the English form Amelia. In Latvian usage, Amālija has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Amélia. In Latvian usage, Amālija has a conventional equivalent in the English form Amelia.

Walk Amālija’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Amālija has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.

Proto-Germanic

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Amālija, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Germanic languages

Amália

Amália is a feminine given name from Germanic. It is used in Portuguese, Hungarian, and Slovak.

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Germanic

Adalmiina

“noble”

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Germanic

Amalaberga

“bravery, vigor” · “shelter”

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Germanic

Adalheidis

“heath, pasture”

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Germanic languages

Alisha

Alisha is a feminine given name from Germanic.

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>99% girls

Germanic

Aldara

“fight” · “to watch, to protect”

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>99% girls

Germanic

Aldonça

“age, generation”

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>99% girls

Germanic

Alduença

“age, generation”

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>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Amālija’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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