Given name
Amalya
“one who is industrious and hardworking”
Amalya is a variant of Amalia. One German interpretation is “one who is industrious and hardworking.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Amalya is a variant of Amalia. One German interpretation is “one who is industrious and hardworking.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Amalya 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
Amalya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 392
- 0 boys · 392 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,156 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −6%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,156 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 6.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 429 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.
Amalya’s family of names
Amalya has a related form in Amalia. In Armenian usage, Amalya is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Ամալյա. In Armenian usage, Amalya is a transliteration of Ամալյա.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.