Amalia

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled עמליה in IL Israel, PL Poland, AT Austria and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Amalia is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name165K records spelled Amalia20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Venezuela, Netherlands

  Languages: English, Portuguese, German

  Also written Amália, Amalía, Àmalia, Amàlia, Amālîa

• Indonesian given name116K records spelled Amalia7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Spain

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Amalia, A'Malia, Amália, Àmàlià

• French given name47K records spelled Amalia12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Amália, Amàlia, Amalïa, Amäliä, Amalià

• Finnish given name42K records spelled Amalia5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Hungary, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian

  Also written Amália, Amàlia

• Russian given name12K records spelled Amalia87 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Poland

  Languages: Russian, Croatian, Polish

  Also written Амалия, Amalija, Амалія, Amaliia, Амалиа

• a separate given name10K records spelled Amalia6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Bolivia, United Kingdom, Spain

  Also written Amália, Amàlia, Amali︠a︡, Amaliâ, Amalía

52 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Amalia is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, Amalia är en latiniserad form av gotiska namn på Amal-, möjligen med betydelsen ’flitig’. I den rikssvenska almanackan 20 april och i den finlandssvenska 19 maj.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Latin, Variante de Amelia.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• Perseveranza

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

• In Swedish, a female given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Amelia

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, a female given name, a less common variant of Amelie or Amalie

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburgb. 1673DEHoly Roman Empress consort (1673-1742)
• Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadtb. 1754DEnot in their usual nameHereditary Princess of Baden
• Princess Augusta Amalia of Bavariab. 1788FRBavarian princess, duchess consort of Leuchtenberg
• Amalia of Oldenburgb. 1818DEQueen of Greece (1818–1875)
• Princess Eugénie of Swedenb. 1830SEnot in their usual nameSwedish princess; daughter of Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg (1830–1889)
• Mercedes of Orléansb. 1860ESnot in their usual nameQueen consort of Spain
• Princess Viktoria of Prussiab. 1866DEnot in their usual namePrussian princess (1866-1929)
• Amália Rodriguesb. 1920PTPortuguese recording artist, fado singer, actress (1920–1999)
• Melina Mercourib. 1920GRnot in their usual nameGreek actress, singer and politician. Minister of Culture of Greece (1920-1994)
• Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orangeb. 2003NLheir apparent to the throne of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,317 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Amalia?

We estimate roughly 78 thousand people bear Amalia (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Amalia have the most bearers?

Amalia is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled amalia.

Where is Amalia most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Amalia is densest in Finland — about 1 in 907 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Amalia compared with other names?

In Argentina, Amalia is the 299th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Amalia a male or female name?

Amalia is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Amalia mean?

Recorded meaning: A female given name from the Germanic languages, of less common usage, variant of Amelia.