Amalie is a feminine

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 ...

. It is a German variant of the name Amalia. It is derived from the root word 'amal', meaning 'work' in German, 'hope' in Arabic and 'water' in Scots-Gaelic. Notable people with the name include: *

Amalie Andersen Amalie Andersen (born 6 October 1999) is a Danish ice hockey player and member of the Danish national team, currently playing in the Swedish Nationella Damhockeyligan (NDHL) with Rögle BK. Playing career Andersen's college ice hockey career w ...

(born 1999), Danish ice hockey player *

Amalie Andersen (actress) Tilda Amalie Andersen (19 April 1861 – 14 February 1924) was a Norwegian actress. Early life Tilda Amalie Andersen was born on 19 April 1861 in Østre Aker and was the illegitimate daughter of cattle trader Truls Andersen and Anne Sophie Bal ...

(1861–1924), Norwegian actress * Cristiane Luise Amalie Becker (1778–1797), German actress *

Amalie Benjamin Amalie Zara Benjamin is a writer for the National Hockey League, having previously written for ''The Boston Globe'' as a Boston Red Sox beat reporter. She graduated from Northwestern University in 2004 with a degree in English. She lives in the A ...

(born 1982), American sportswriter *

Amalie Sara Colquhoun Amalie Sara Colquhoun (20 March 1894 – 16 June 1974) was an Australian landscape and portrait painter who is represented in national and state galleries. In addition to painting landscapes, portraits and still lifes, Colquhoun designed and s ...

(1894–1974), Australian landscape and portrait painter *

Amalie Dietrich Koncordie Amalie Dietrich (née Nelle) (26 May 1821 – 9 March 1891) was a Germans, German naturalist who was best known for her work in Australia from 1863 to 1872, collecting specimens for the Museum Godeffroy in Hamburg. Australia Dietrich w ...

(1821–1891), German naturalist *

Amalie Grøn Hansen Amalie Grøn Hansen (born 30 October 1996) is a Danish handballer who plays for Viborg HK Viborg HK (Viborg Håndbold Klub) is a Danish professional handball club from Viborg, Denmark, Viborg. The club has many teams for both women and men, ...

(born 1996), Danish handballer *

Amalie Hofer Amalie Hofer, née Weissenrieder (12 September 1820, in Gengenbach, Baden – 18 February 1872) was the German wife of Johann Hofer (18 August 1810, in Önsbach – 4 August 1880, in Offenburg) Both were agitators and revolutionaries in the 1848 ...

(1820–1872), German revolutionary *

Amalie Kass Amalie Moses Kass (January 9, 1928 – May 19, 2019) was an American historian at Harvard Medical School. She wrote about obstetrics and midwifery. Biography Amalie Moses was born to Leslie and Helene Moses and reared in Baltimore, Maryland, whe ...

(1928–2019), American historian * Amalie Konsa (1873–1949), Estonian actress * Amalie von Lasaulx (1815–1872), German nun *

Amalie Malling Amalie Malling (born 1948, Lübeck) is a Danish classical pianist. Life She studied under Herman David Koppel and then at the Hanover conservatoire and regularly worked with Alfred Brendel. She then moved to Denmark in 1961, where she won the fir ...

(born 1948), Danish classical pianist * Amalie Nacken (1855–1940 Munich), German philanthropist * Amalie "Emmy" Noether (1882–1935), German mathematician *

Lisbeth Cathrine Amalie Rose Lisbeth Cathrine Amalie Rose née Böttger (25 September 1738 – 23 February 1793) was a Denmark, Danish actress, one of the first professional native actresses in Denmark, and also referred to as the greatest actress in 18th century Denmark. Sh ...

(1738–1793), Danish actress * Amalie Schoppe (1791–1858), German writer * Klara Amalie Skoglund (1891–1978), Norwegian politician *

Amalie Skram Amalie Skram (22 August 1846 – 15 March 1905) was a Norwegian author and feminist who gave voice to a woman's point of view with her naturalist writing. In Norway, she is frequently considered the most important female writer of the Modern B ...

(1846–1905), Norwegian author and feminist * Amalie Wichmann (born 1995), Danish handball player * Amalie Winter (1803–1879), German writer

Nobility and royalty

Archduchess Amalie Theresa of Austria Francis II and I (; 12 February 1768 – 2 March 1835) was the last Holy Roman Emperor as Francis II from 1792 to 1806, and the first Emperor of Austria as Francis I from 1804 to 1835. He was also King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, and served ...

(1807), daughter of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor *

Amalie Auguste of Bavaria Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (13 November 1801, in Munich – 8 November 1877, in Dresden) was a Bavarian princess by birth and Queen of Saxony by marriage to King John of Saxony. Biography Amalie was the fourth child of King Maximilian ...

(1801–1877), Princess of Bavaria and Queen of Saxony *

Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Calenberg (24 March 1628 – 20 February 1685) was List of Danish consorts, Queen of Denmark and List of Norwegian consorts, Norway as the consort of the King Frederick III of Denmark. She is known for her political in ...

(1628–1685), queen-consort of Denmark and Norway * Duchess Louise Amalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1722–1780), daughter of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg *

Frederikke Amalie 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), duchess of Holstein-Gottorp *

Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (20 June 1754 – 21 June 1832) was a Hereditary Princess of Baden by marriage to Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden. She was the daughter of Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Henriette Karoli ...

(1754–1832), daughter of Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Henriette Karoline of Palatine-Zweibrücken *

Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie Magdalene of Hesse-Darmstadt (20 March 1635 – 4 August 1709) was a German princess of Hesse-Darmstadt who became Electress Palatine as the second wife of Philip William, Elector Palatine. Biography Born at the ...

(1635–1709), Electress Palatine *

Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (27 April 1650 – 27 March 1714) was Queen of Denmark and Norway by marriage to King Christian V. Although she did not have much political influence, she was a successful businesswoman in her many estates and p ...

(or Hesse-Cassel) (1650–1714), Danish queen consort *

Sophie Amalie Moth Sophie Amalie Moth, Countess of Samsøe (28 March 1654 – 17 January 1719) was the officially acknowledged royal mistress of King Christian V of Denmark. Together they had six acknowledged illegitimate children, all of whom bore the surname G ...

(1654–1719), countess of Samsø *

Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg (; Paris, 6 March 1760 – Sigmaringen, 17 October 1841), was a Germans, German noblewoman by birth member of the House of Salm in the Salm-Kyrburg branch and through her marriage she was Hohenzollern-Sigmaringe ...

(1760–1841), German princess * Amalie, Princess of Saxony (1794–1870), German composer and Princess of Saxony *

Amalie von Wallmoden, Countess of Yarmouth Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Countess of Yarmouth, born Amalie von Wendt (1 April 1704 – 19 or 20 October 1765) was the principal mistress of King George II from the mid-1730s until his death in 1760. Born into a promine ...

(1704–1765), mistress of George II of Great Britain

Nobility and royalty

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