Amalia

Where Amalia comes from

Derived from Germanic compound names beginning with Proto-Germanic *amalą (“vigor, bravery”), like Ostrogothic Amalaberga and Amalafrida.
— Wiktionary's entry for Amalia
  • Germanic
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1818
    Amalia of Oldenburg born
    Queen of Greece
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #580 among girls — 9 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1885
    Peak, #484
    19 babies named Amalia — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages, of less common usage, variant of Amelia.
Namesakes
  • Amalia of Oldenburg · Queen of Greece, 1818–1875

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.