Entry № 499 · Germanic origin

Amalia Amalia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-MAH-lee-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Germanic
Meaning
"Industrious (Princess Amalia of the Netherlands)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Medieval (Germanic)

A name that means "industrious (princess amalia of the netherlands)".

Amalia is from the Old Germanic amal — "industrious, hardworking, vigorous." Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange (born 2003) — Crown Princess of the Netherlands and heir apparent to the Dutch throne since her father King Willem-Alexander's 2013 ascension. Began her studies at the University of Amsterdam in 2022; in 2023 she announced a leave from public life after credible threats from the Dutch organized crime syndicate Mocro Maffia — the first time a Dutch royal has gone into hiding for security reasons since World War II. Princess Amalia of Saxony (1794-1870) — Saxon princess, composer, dramatist; her operas were performed at the Dresden court. Verdi's I masnadieri (1847) has Amalia as the soprano lead — Verdi's first opera written for London. Saint Amalia of Schaerbeek (660-690) — Belgian saint. Amalia Ulman (born 1989) — Argentinian-American conceptual artist; her 2014 Instagram performance Excellences & Perfections was acquired by the Tate Modern.

Industrious. Catharina-Amalia is the first Dutch heir apparent to attend public secondary school (2015).

The name in its native script.

Amalia
Transliteration
Amalia
Pronunciation
/ əˈmɑː.li.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Amalia stands.

Amalia does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Amalias before her.

Real people
Catharina-Amalia of Orange
Dutch Crown Princess.
born 2003
Amália Rodrigues
Portuguese Queen of Fado.
1920 – 1999
Amalia Ulman
Argentinian-American artist.
born 1989
In fiction
Amalia
Verdi's I masnadieri.
1847

Names connected to Amalia.

The number behind Amalia.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Amalia reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.