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 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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Amalia means “vigor, bravery, work” in its Portuguese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Amalia is a girl name. In 2024, 550 babies received the name in the US.
Amalia comes from the Portuguese and Greek tradition.
Amalia first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #486 in 1885, and 550 babies were given the name in 2024.
Amalia is pronounced /əˈmɑli.ə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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