Amalia: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced uh-MAH-lee-uh · 4 syllables

Amalia means “vigor, bravery”, from Germanic.

Derived from Germanic compound names beginning with Proto-Germanic *amala (“vigor, bravery”), like Ostrogothic Amalaberga and Amalafrida.

How popular is Amalia?

Amalia was the #566 name in the US in 2025, given to 530 babies. It’s rising: up 92% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Amalia in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Amalia are older than 37; most are between 19 and 77. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Amalia have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Amalia means “vigor, bravery”. It comes from Germanic.

Amalia is pronounced uh-MAH-lee-uh.

Amalia was the #566 name in the US in 2025, given to 530 babies. It’s rising: up 92% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Amalia are older than 37. Most are between 19 and 77.