Amalia (given name)
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Amalia is a female given name. It is derived from the Germanic word amal meaning "work", and connotes "industrious" and "fertile". It is also used as a Hebrew name. In Hebrew it means labor of God (or in Latin, opus dei). The name was popular among early Zionist pioneers. A variant spelling is Amalie.
People
- Amalia Assur (1803–1889) Sweden's first female dentist
- Amalia Freud (1835–1930), mother of Sigmund
- Amalia García (born 1951), Mexican politician
- Amalia Lindegren, (1814–1891), Swedish painter
- Amalia of Oldenburg (1818–1875), Queen of Greece
- Amalia of Solms-Braunfels (1602–1675), Dutch countess
- Amália Rodrigues (1920–1999), Portuguese singer
- Amalia Sartori (born 1947), Italian politician
- Amalia von Helvig (1776–1831), German-Swedish artist, writer and socialite
- Amalia Wilhelmina Königsmarck (1663–1740), Swedish artist
- Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1739–1807), German princess
- Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723–1787), artist and Prussian princess
- Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands (born 2003), Dutch princess, heiress apparent to the throne
- Amalia Golitsyna (1748–1806), Prussian-born Russian princess
- Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (1801–1877), Princess of Bavaria and Queen of Saxony
- Amalie Benjamin (born 1982), American sportswriter
- Amalie Dietrich (1821–1891), German naturalist
- Amalie Hofer (1820–1872), German revolutionary
- Amalie Kass (born 1928), American historian
- Amalie Skram (1846–1905), Norwegian author and feminist
- Amalie von Wallmoden, Countess of Yarmouth (1704–1765), mistress of George II of Great Britain
- Amalie Winter (born 1803), German writer
- Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg (1760–1841), German princess
- Amalie, Princess of Saxony (1794–1870), German composer and Princess of Saxony
- Archduchess Amalie Theresa of Austria (1807), daughter of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
- Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (1746–1804), Princess of Hungary
- Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) (1650–1714), Danish queen consort
- Cristiane Luise Amalie Becker (1778–1797), German actress
- Duchess Louise Amalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1722–1780), daughter of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- Frederikke Amalie of Denmark (1649–1704), duchess of Holstein-Gottorp
- Klara Amalie Skoglund (1891–1978), Norwegian politician
- Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754–1832), daughter of Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Henriette Karoline of Palatine-Zweibrücken
- Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1635–1709), Electress Palatine
- Lisbeth Cathrine Amalie Rose (1738–1793), Danish actress
- Sophie Amalie Moth (1654–1719), countess of Samsø
- Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1628–1685), queen-consort of Denmark and Norway
- Princess Amalia of Luxembourg, daughter of Prince Félix and Princess Claire of Luxembourg
See also
- Amalia (disambiguation)
- Princess Amalia (disambiguation)