Amalia is a girl's name of Portuguese origin meaning “vigor, bravery, work.” In 2024 it was given to 550 girls in the United States.
Amalia at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Portuguese · Greek
Meaning
“vigor, bravery, work”
Pronunciation
/əˈmɑli.ə/
About the name Amalia
Amalia belongs to the Portuguese and Greek tradition. Its meaning — “vigor, bravery, work” — is the sense carried by its Portuguese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Amalia first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #486 in 1885, and in 2024 550 babies received the name — 15,944 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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