Given name · also German
Amalia
“one who is industrious and hardworking”
Amalia is used as a given name. One German interpretation is “one who is industrious and hardworking.”
Original GermanAmalie
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “one who is industrious and hardworking.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
How it developed
In Polish use, Amalia is a variant of Amelia. The shared background comes through Amelia: One explanation treats Amelia as a cross between Emilia and Amalia. The resemblance to both names is part of the proposal, but the precise stages by which the spelling developed remain uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Polish use, Amalia is a variant of Amelia. The history of Amelia gives this family its wider story. Henry Fielding used Amelia for the heroine and title of his 1751 novel, giving the name a clear eighteenth-century literary association. Amelia’s earlier development is less certain.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Amalia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16,478
- 0 boys · 16,478 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 576 babies
- 2025
- 530
- #566 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +14%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 530 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 566 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 14.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (75). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 21,522 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.
Amalia’s family of names
In German usage, Amalia has a short form in Ami. In German usage, Amalia shares a linguistic root with the Latvian form Amālija. In Polish usage, Amalia has a related form in Amelia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Amalia has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
13 related names in 11 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 32
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Ameliavariant · German, Finnish
- Amelievariant · German, Swedish
- Amishort form · German
- Amalievariant · German
- Maleshort form · German
- Amiliavariant
- Amelyvariant
- Amyliavariant
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- Amellavariant
- Ameliyavariant
- Amalyavariant
- Amelindavariant
- Amalinvariant
- Amelitavariant
- Amaleavariant
- Amallialikely variant
- Amaljavariant · Faroese
- Malladiminutive · Finnish
- Amialionavariant
- Amalinevariant
- Aimilvariant
- Amylyavariant
- Amyleahvariant
- Amaldavariant
- Amallevariant
- Amalijivariant
- Amalijavariant
- Amalasandravariant
- Amalasandiavariant
- Amalasandvariant
- Amalasandevariant
- Amalasandavariant
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Maliaequivalent
- Malkaequivalent
- Amallatinized form of
- Amalaequivalent
- Amalinaequivalent
- Emaliaequivalent
- АмалияRussian
- AméliaPortuguese
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See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Amalia
- Melina MercouriGreek actress, singer and politician. Minister of Culture of Greece (1920-1994)
- Amalia of OldenburgQueen of Greece (1818–1875)
- Amalia LindegrenSwedish artist (1814-1891)
- Amalia of Solms-BraunfelsRegent of Orange (1602-1675)
- Amalie of Zweibrücken-BirkenfeldQueen von Sachsen1752–1828
- Amalia FlemingGreek physician, bacteriologist (1912-1986)
- Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenachfirst wife of Prince Henry of the Netherlands (1830-1872)
- Amalia ChelaruRomanian rowerborn 1997
- Amalia von KönigsmarckSwedish poet and painter (1663-1740)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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