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.

Amalie Rank in US Top 1000

# 822 in the US

Amalie Popularity

• 1552 Nameberry 2024
• 994 England 2020
• 22 Norway 2023

20 Names Similar to Amalie

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• Adalie
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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