Given name

Amalea

“one with dreams and aspirations”·“a hardworking man”·“one who is pure”

Amalea is a variant of Amal. Interpretations include “one with dreams and aspirations”, “a hardworking man”, “one who is pure”, and “filled with hope”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Amalea is a variant of Amalia. One German interpretation is “one who is industrious and hardworking.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Amalea is a variant of Amal. Interpretations include “one with dreams and aspirations”, “a hardworking man”, “one who is pure”, and “filled with hope”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Amalea is a variant of Amalia. One German interpretation is “one who is industrious and hardworking.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Amalea is a variant of Amal. An origin associated with Amal is Arabic. Amalea is a variant of Amalia. An origin associated with Amalia is Germanic.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Amalea through the years

Babies since 1880
80
0 boys · 80 girls
Most popular year
2015
11 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Amalea in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1995–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 176 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Amalea’s family of names

Amalea has a related form in Amalia. Amalea has a related form in Amal.

Walk Amalea’s family in the name graph

AmaleaAmalieAmaliaAmal

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

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

Similar names

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

Modern

Raelin

“son of grace”

21RareCooling

2% boys · 98% girls

Japanese · Modern

Nozomi

“one who brings hope to others”

12Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Raelani

“son of grace”

28RareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Quianna

“living with grace; heavenly”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Amalah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Greek · Modern

Karissa

“filled with grace and kindess; very dear”

33RareCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Athaleyah

“The Lord is exalted”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Aemelia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

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