Given name
Amalie
“one who is industrious and hardworking”·“one with dreams and aspirations”·“a hardworking man”
In German use, Amalie has a related form in Amalia. One German interpretation is “one who is industrious and hardworking.” Amalie 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.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Amalie has a related form in Amalia. One German interpretation is “one who is industrious and hardworking.” Amalie 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.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In German use, Amalie has a related form in Amalia. An origin associated with Amalia is Germanic. Amalie is a variant of Amal. An origin associated with Amal is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1883. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amalie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,461
- 0 boys · 1,461 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 57 babies
- 2025
- 37
- #3,908 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 37 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,908 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 7.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 57 in 2011. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,246 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.
Amalie’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Amalie has a short form in Mali. In German usage, Amalie has a conventional equivalent in the English form Emily. In Danish usage, Amalie has a conventional equivalent in the English form Amelia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Amalie has relatives in 18 languages.
16 related names in 18 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 16
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Amalie
- Emmy NoetherGerman Jewish mathematician (1882–1935)
- Adelaide of Saxe-MeiningenQueen consort of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1830 to 18371792–1849
- Amalie Auguste of BavariaQueen consort of Saxony (1801-1877)
- Melitta BentzGerman entrepreneur and inventor of the coffee filter (1873–1950)
- Duchess Amelia of WürttembergDuchess of Württemberg (1799-1848)
- Amalie DideriksenDanish cyclist, born 1996
- Amalie SkramNorwegian author1846–1905
- Amalie MaternaAustrian operatic soprano (1844-1918)
- Amalie of Zweibrücken-BirkenfeldQueen von Sachsen1752–1828
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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