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Gender
Feminine
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Origin of the Name Amalia
Old High German; Hebrew
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Usage of the Name Amalia
Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Czech; Jewish
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Meaning of the Name Amalia
The name Amalia has two meanings:
1. It is a Latinized form of the Germanic name Amal (1), which was a short form of various Germanic names beginning with the element "amal" meaning "work, labour"
(for example, Amalric or Amalasuntha).
The name became quite popular in Germany in the 18th century after the accession of Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar (1739 - 1807).
2. It is a variant spelling of the Hebrew name Amalya.
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Interesting Facts about Amalia
- Amalia is a 19th-century novel by Argentine author José Marmol that became Argentina's national novel and was adapted into a silent film of the same name, the first full-length film ever produced in Argentina.
- There is a large asteroid in the main belt named 284 Amalia.
- Amalia von Edelreich is the lead soprano role in Die Räuber (1957), an opera by Giselher Klebe. The opera is based on the drama by Friedrich Schiller, which was first published in 1781.
- The Parnara amalia is a butterfly found in and around Papua New Guinea.
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Famous Bearers
Bearers of the name include Amalia Catharina (1640 - 1697), a German poet and composer;
Amalia von Helvig (1776 - 1831), a German-Swedish painter, writer, and translator;
Amalia Freud (1835 - 1930), the mother of Sigmund Freud;
Amalia Paoli (c. 1861 - 1941), a Puerto Rican opera singer;
Amalia Küssner Coudert (1863 - 1932), an American painter;
Amalia Mendoza (1923 - 2001), a Mexican singer;
Amalia Aguilar (born 1924), a Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer.
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Names Related to Amalia
Refer to the following lists: names related to Amalia (1) |
names related to Amalya.
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