Amalie

ah-MAHL-ya or AM-ah-lee
Danish, Norwegian, and German form of Amalia or Amelia
"work"

Amalie Origin and Meaning

The name Amalie is a girl's name of French origin meaning "work".

In European countries where it's regularly used as a form of the Amelia family of names, the pronunciation is very similar to the a-ending form, Amalia.

In the US, where Amalie is most familiar as the name of the capittal city of the US Virgin Islands, it's pronounced like Emily but with Am at the beginning. Certainly, if you use this pretty name in the US, that is the pronunciation most people will use so if you want it pronounced the European way, you'll spend a lifetime correcting either their pronunciation or their spelling or both.

# 822 in the US

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Famous People Named Amalie

  • (Marie) Amalie Auguste of Zweibrücken
    Birkenfeld,Bischweiler, Queen consort of Frederick Augustus I of Saxony
  • Amalie Zephyrine of Salm
    Kyrburg, Princess of Hohenzollern,Sigmaringen
  • (Friederike) Amalie
    Princess of Hesse,Darmstadt
  • Amalie Antoinette Karoline Adrienne of Hohenzollern
    Sigmaringen, Princess Eduard of Saxe,Altenberg
  • Amalie (born Maria Amalia Friederike Augusta Karolina Ludovica Josepha Aloysia Anna Nepomucena Philippina Vincentia Franziska de Paula Franziska de Chantal)
    Princess of Saxony, German composer
  • Amalie Isabella Marie Gisela Margarete
    Princess of Bavaria; Countess Assandri di Bavieria
  • Amalie Skram
    Norwegian novelist
  • Amalie Zara Benjamin
    American journalist
  • Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden
    Countess of Yarmouth, German mistress of George II of Great Britain
  • Amalie Maximilianovna Adlerberg
    illegitimate daughter of Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg,Strelitz
  • Amalie Wilhelmine Sieveking
    German philanthropist and social activist
  • Amalie Bruun
    Danish singer

Amalie in Pop Culture

  • Amalie Wolf
    protagonist of the book "Crow's Peak" by Sarah Marie Clausen
  • Princess Amalie
    character in the "Twelve Houses" books by Sharon Shinn
  • Pronounced: a
    MAY,lee,a in danish

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