Amalia is a female

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

, derived from the Germanic root ''amal'', with meanings "vigorous, active, work", specifically the woman's name ''Amalberga''. Its popularity is attributed to the Belgian Saint

Amalberga of Maubeuge Saint Amalberga of Maubeuge (also Amalia, or Amelia of Lobbes or Binche) was a Merovingian nun and saint who lived in the 7th century. Narrative Amalberga's father was Saint Geremarus. She was born in Brabant. She is said to have been the ni ...

. The origins of the name Amalia have often been associated with those of Emilia and Emily, both of which in fact originate from the Latin nomen Aemilia, or with Amalthea, which originated from the Greek name "tender goddess". In Greece, the name is celebrated on 10 July in honour of Saint Amalia. Amalia has several variants, including Amelia in English, Amélia in Spanish,

Amélie ''Amélie'' (, , ) is a 2001 French-language romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant, the film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre. It tells the story ...

in French, Amalie in German, Amálie in Czech, and Amalka, a diminutive form of the name used in

Slavic languages The Slavic languages, also known as the Slavonic languages, are Indo-European languages spoken primarily by the Slavs, Slavic peoples and their descendants. They are thought to descend from a proto-language called Proto-Slavic language, Proto- ...

Notable people

* Amalia Anglès y Mayer (1827–1859), Spanish soprano, guitarist *

Amalia Assur Amalia Assur (June 8, 1803 – 1889) was the first female dentist in Sweden. Amalia Assur was born in Stockholm as the daughter of the Jewish dentist Joel Assur (1753–1837), the Dentist of the Royal Family, who has been referred to as one of th ...

(1803–1889), Sweden's first female dentist * Amalia Bernabé (1895–1983), Argentine actress * Amália Bezerédj (1804–1837), Hungarian writer * Amalia Calzavara (born 1966), Italian sprint canoer * Amalia Carneri (1875–1943), Austrian opera singer * Cora Amalia Castilla (born 1961), Mexican politician * Amalia Domingo Soler (1835–1909), Spanish novelist and feminist *

Amalia Eriksson Amalia Elisabeth Eriksson, née Lundström (25 November 1824 – 19 January 1923), was a Swedish businesswoman, known as the inventor of the ''Polkagris'', a type of candy stick known to have inspired the candy cane, which she invented in Gränna ...

(1824–1923), Swedish business person * Amalia Ercoli Finzi (born 1937), Italian engineer and professor * Amalia Ferraris (1828–1904), Italian dancer * Amalia Fleming (1912–1986), Greek activist and politician *

Amalia Freud Amalia Malka Nathansohn Freud ( Nathansohn; 18 August 1835 – 12 September 1930) was the mother of Sigmund Freud. She was born in Brody in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria to Jakob Nathanson and Sara Wilenz and later grew up in Odesa, where ...

(1835–1930), mother of

Sigmund In Germanic mythology, Sigmund ( , ) is a hero whose story is told in the Völsunga saga. He and his sister, Signý, are the children of Völsung and his wife Hljod. Sigmund is best known as the father of Sigurð the dragon-slayer, though Sigu ...

* Amalia Fuentes (1940–2019), Filipino actress *

Amalia García Amalia Dolores García Medina (born October 6, 1951) is a Mexican politician and a former governor of Zacatecas. Early life García was born into a Political families of the world, political family. When she was five, her father Francisco G ...

(born 1951), Mexican politician * Amalia Ghigoarță (born 2007), Romanian artistic gymnast * Amalia González Caballero de Castillo Ledón (1898–1986), Mexican Cabinet Minister and feminist * Amalia Guglielminetti (1881–1941), Italian poet and writer *

Amalia von Helvig Anna Amalia von Helvig (August 16, 1776 – September 17, 1831) was a German and Swedish artist, writer, translator, socialite, Salonist and culture personality. She is known as an inspiration for many artists. She was a member of the Royal S ...

(1776–1831), German-Swedish artist, writer and socialite * Amalia Hernández (1917–2000), Mexican ballet choreographer * Amalia Holst (1758–1829), German writer and feminist * Amalia de Isaura (1887–1971), Spanish actress * Amalia Kahana-Carmon (1926–2019), Israeli author and literary critic * Amalia Kessler, American lawyer *

Amalia Küssner Coudert Amalia Küssner Coudert (March 26, 1863 – May 1932) was an American artist from Terre Haute, Indiana, who is best known for her portrait miniatures of prominent American and European figures of the late 19th and early 20th century. Subjects for ...

(1863–1932), American miniaturist * María Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat (1921–2012), Argentine executive and philanthropist * Amalia Lică (born 2009), Romanian rhythmic gymnast * Amalia Lindegren, (1814–1891), Swedish painter *

Amalia Puga de Losada Amalia Natividad de las Mercedes Puga y Puga, best known as Amalia Puga de Losada ( Cajamarca, September 8, 1866 - Lima, September 20, 1963), was a Peruvian writer, poet, novelist, essayist and storyteller. She was included as a member of the "Cír ...

(1866–1963), Peruvian writer, poet, novelist and essayist * Amalia Matamoros (born 1989), winner of

Miss World Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Mi ...

Costa Rica in 2008 *

(died c. 690),

Lotharingia Lotharingia was a historical region and an early medieval polity that existed during the late Carolingian and early Ottonian era, from the middle of the 9th to the middle of the 10th century. It was established in 855 by the Treaty of Prüm, a ...

n saint (modern-day Belgium) *

Amalia Mendoza Amalia Mendoza García (10 July 1923 – 11 June 2001), nicknamed ''La Tariácuri'', was a Mexican singer and actress. "Échame a mi la culpa" and "Amarga navidad" were some of her greatest hits. Her best friend since her youth was Martha de Mi ...

(1923–2001), Mexican actress and singer * Amalia Mesa-Bains (born 1943), American psychologist and author * Amalia Miranzo (1939–2014), Spanish politician * Amalia Molina (1881–1956), Spanish tonadillera and dancer * Amalia Pachelbel (1688–1723), German painter and engraver * Amalia Paoli (1861–1941), Puerto Rican opera singer *

Amalia Pellegrini Amalia Pellegrini (16 June 1873 – 13 September 1958) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than sixty films from 1935 to 1958. Selected filmography References External links * 1873 births 1958 deaths Italian film actress ...

(1873–1958), Italian actress *

Amalia Pérez Amalia Pérez Vázquez (born 10 July 1973) is a Mexican powerlifter in the - bracket. She has four times been a Paralympic champion and is the only powerlifter in the world to have Paralympic champion in three divisions. Pérez has been a mem ...

(born 1977), Mexican powerlifter *

Amalia Pica Amalia Pica (born 1978 in Neuquén, Argentina) is a London-based Argentine artist who explores metaphor, communication, and civic participation through sculptures, installations, photographs, projections, live performances, and drawings. Pica cu ...

(born 1978), Argentine artist * Amalia Planck (1834–1908), Swedish entrepreneur * Amalia Del Ponte (born 1936), Italian artist and designer * Amalia Post (1836–1897), American suffragist * Amalia Ramírez (1834–1918), Spanish singer * Amalia Riégo (1850–1926), Swedish opera singer *

Amália Rodrigues Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues (23 July 1920 – 6 October 1999), known as simply Amália Rodrigues () or popularly as Amália, was a Portuguese fado singer (''fadista''). Dubbed ''Rainha do Fado'' ("Queen of Fado"), she was instrumen ...

(1920–1999), Portuguese singer *

Amalia Sánchez Ariño Amalia Sánchez Ariño (1883–1969) was a Spanish-born Argentine stage actress, stage and film actress.Richard p.275 She appeared in more than fifty films during her career. Selected filmography * ''The Wicked Carabel'' (1935) * ''Blood Weddin ...

(1839–1969), Argentine actress * Amalia Sartori (born 1947), Italian politician * Amalia Solórzano (1911–2008), former First Lady of Mexico * Amalia Soraya (born 1984), Indonesian singer * Amália Sterbinszky (1950–2025), Hungarian handball player * Amalia Streitel (1844–1911), German religious sister * Amalia Tătăran (born 1994), Romanian fencer * Amalia Ulman (born 1989), Argentine artist * Amalia Uys (born 1984), South African actress * Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho (1847–1921), Portuguese writer and poet * Amalia de la Vega (1919–2000), Uruguayan singer * Amalia Yoo (born 2002), American actress

Nobility and royalty

Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau Princess is a title used by a female member of a regnant monarch's family or by a female ruler of a principality. The male equivalent is a prince (from Latin ''princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for t ...

(1666–1726) *

Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (1746–1804) Archduke (feminine: Archduchess; German: ''Erzherzog'', feminine form: ''Erzherzogin'') was the title borne from 1358 by the Habsburg rulers of the Archduchy of Austria, and later by all senior members of that dynasty. It denotes a rank within ...

* Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (1780–1798) *

Maria Amalia, Holy Roman Empress Maria Amalia of Austria (; 22 October 1701 – 11 December 1756) was Holy Roman empress, queen of Bohemia, and electress of Bavaria among many other titles as the spouse of Emperor Charles VII. By birth, she was an archduchess of Austria as th ...

(1701–1756) *

Anna Amalia of Baden-Durlach Anna Amalia of Baden-Durlach (born: 9 July 1595; died: 18 November 1651 in Saarbrücken) was a Countess of Nassau-Saarbrücken by marriage to William Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken,Wolfgang Behringer & Gabriele Clemens, Geschichte des Saarlan ...

(1595–1651) * Princess Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1818–1857) * Amalia Margaretha van Brederode (1625–1663) * Maria Amalia von Brühl (1736–1772) *

Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (24 October 173910 April 1807), was a German princess and composer. She became the duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach by marriage, and was also regent of the states of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach from 1758 t ...

(1739–1807) * Amalia Catharina (1640–1697) * Amalia of Cleves (1517–1586) *

Maria Amalia of Courland Princess Maria Amalia of Courland (Maria Anna Amalia Kettler; 12 June 1653 – 16 June 1711) was a Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel by her marriage to Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. She was a daughter of Jacob Kettler, Duke of Courland and ...

(1653–1711) *

Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark and Norway (11 April 1649 – 30 October 1704) was the second daughter of King Frederick III of Denmark and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp from 1667 to 1695 as the ...

(1649–1704) * Amalia von Dyhrn (1790–1866) *

Amalia Golitsyna Princess Adelheid Amalie Gallitzin (also known as Amalia Samuilovna Golitsyna or in Russian as Амалия Самуиловна Голицына; 28 August 1748 – 27 April 1806) was a German salonist. She was the daughter of the Prussian List ...

(1748–1806) * Amalia von Hatzfeld (1560–1628) * Hedvig Amalia Charlotta Klinckowström (1777–1810) * Amalia Wilhelmina Königsmarck (1663–1740) * Amalia de Llano (1822–1874) * Sophia Amalia Marschalk (17th century) * Józefina Amalia Mniszech (1752–1798) *

Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (Maria Amalia Teresa; 26 April 1782 – 24 March 1866) was List of French royal consorts, Queen of the French by marriage to Louis Philippe I, King of the French. She was the last Queen of France. Among ...

(1818–1857) *

Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz (Anna Charlotte Amalie; – 18 September 1777) was a Dutch princess and the wife of Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, and mother of Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, Charles Frederick, the fi ...

(1710–1777) * Charlotte Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg (1680–1738) * Maria Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg (1582–1635) * Amalia of Neuenahr (1539–1602) *

Amalia of Oldenburg Amalia of Oldenburg (; 21 December 181820 May 1875) was a Oldenburg princess who became Queen of Greece from 1836 to 1862 as the wife of King Otto Friedrich Ludwig. She was loved widely by the Greeks due to her patriotic love for the count ...

(1818–1875), Queen of Greece (1836–1862) *

Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange (; Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria; born 7 December 2003) is the heir apparent to the throne of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the constituent countries of Aruba, Curaçao, the Ne ...

(born 2003) * Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723–1787) * Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1723–1787) *

Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Amalia Maria da Gloria Augusta; 20 March 1830 – 1 May 1872) was a Dutch princess as the first wife of Prince Henry of the Netherlands (1820–1879), Prince Henry of the Netherlands, son of king William I ...

(1830–1872) *

Amalia of Saxony, Duchess of Bavaria Amalia of Saxony (4 April 1436 – 19 November 1501) was a princess of Saxony and by marriage Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut. Life Amalia was born in Meissen. She was the oldest of the children of the elector Frederick II of Saxony (1412–1464) ...

(1436–1501) *

Maria Amalia of Saxony Maria Amalia (Maria Amalia Christina Franziska Xaveria Flora Walburga; 24 November 1724 – 27 September 1760) was Queen of Spain from 10 August 1759 until her death in 1760 as the wife of King Charles III. Previously, she had been Queen of Nap ...

(1724–1760) *

Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (Maria Josepha Amalia Beatrix Xaveria Vincentia Aloysia Franziska de Paula Franziska de Chantal Anna Apollonia Johanna Nepomucena Walburga Theresia Ambrosia; 6 December 1803 – 18 May 1829) was Queen consort of S ...

(1803–1829) * Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony (1757–1831) *

Amalia of Solms-Braunfels Amalia of Solms-Braunfels (31 August 1602 – 8 September 1675) was Princess of Orange by marriage to Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange. She acted as the political adviser of her spouse during his reign, and acted as his de facto deputy and regent ...

(1602–1675) * Infanta María Amalia of Spain (1779–1798) * Princess Amalia of Sweden (1805–1853)

Fictional characters

* Víla Amálka - ''Fairy Amalka'', from Czech animated fairy tale with this name

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