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.
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family 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.
People
- Amalia of OldenburgAmalia of OldenburgAmalia of Oldenburg, Queen of Greece was the consort of King Otto of Greece . Born the daughter of Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, she married King Otto on 22 December 1836, in Oldenburg...
(1818-75), Queen of Greece - Princess Anna Amalia of PrussiaPrincess Anna Amalia of PrussiaPrincess Anna Amalia of Prussia was Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg. She was one of ten surviving children of King Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover.-Background:...
(1723-87), artist - Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1739-1807), German princess
- Princess Catharina-Amalia of the NetherlandsPrincess Catharina-Amalia of the NetherlandsThe official origins of her given names:*Catharina has been speculated to be after Henriette Catherine of Nassau *Amalia is after Amalia of Solms-Braunfels *Beatrix is after her paternal grandmother, the Queen of the Netherlands...
(born 2003), Dutch princess, Hereditary Princess of Orange, second-in-line to the Dutch throne - Amalia of Solms-BraunfelsAmalia of Solms-BraunfelsAmalia of Solms-Braunfels , was a regent of Orange. She was the wife of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange. She was the daughter of John Albert I of Solms-Braunfels and Agnes of Sayn-Wittgenstein.-Childhood:...
(1602-75), Dutch countess - Amalia Wilhelmina KönigsmarckAmalia Wilhelmina KönigsmarckAmalia Wilhelmina Königsmarck was a Swedish noble, known as a dilettante artist , amateur actor, and poet.Daughter of Conrad Christoff Königsmarck and Maria Christina Wrangel, sister of Philip Christoph Königsmarck, Aurora Königsmarck and Carl Johan Königsmarck, and paternal niece of Otto Wilhelm...
(1663-1740), Swedish artist - Amalia FreudAmalia FreudAmalia Nathansohn Freud was the second wife of Jacob Freud and mother of Sigmund Freud. She was born Amalia Nathansohn in Brody, Galicia, now in Ukraine, and grew up in Odessa....
(1835-1930), mother of Sigmund - Amalia GarcíaAmalia GarcíaAmalia Dolores García Medina is a Mexican politician and a former governor of Zacatecas.García was born into a political family. When she was five, her father Francisco Garcia Estrada was elected governor of their home state of Zacatecas, representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party...
(born 1951), Mexican politician - Amalia LindegrenAmalia LindegrenAmalia Lindegren, Amalia Lindegren, Amalia Lindegren, (22 May 1814 – 27 December 1891 was a Swedish artist and painter, from 1856 a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.- Biography :...
, (1814-1891), Swedish painter - Amália RodriguesAmália RodriguesAmália da Piedade Rodrigues, GCSE, GCIH, , also known as Amália Rodrigues was a Portuguese singer and actress.She was known as the "Rainha do Fado" and was most influential in popularizing the fado worldwide. She was one of the most important figures in the genre's development, and enjoyed a...
(1920-99), Portuguese singer - Amalia SartoriAmalia SartoriAmalia Sartori is an Italian politician.-Career:* 1971-1985: Teacher* 1985-1990: Member of the Regional Executive of the Veneto with responsibility for roads and transport...
(born 1947), Italian politician - Amalia von HelvigAmalia von HelvigAnna Amalia von Helvig was a German and Swedish artist, writer, translator, socialite, Salonist and culture personality. She is known as an inspiration for many artists. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.- Biography :She was born to Baron Carl Christoph von Imhoff and Luise...
(1776-1831), German-Swedish artist, writer and socialite - Amalia AssurAmalia AssurAmalia Assur was the first female dentist in Sweden.Amalia Assur was the daughter of the Jewish dentist Joel Assur, "one of the first dentists in Sweden". Assur was active as her fathers assistant, and her brother was also a dentist. In 1852, she was given special permission from the Royal Board...
(1803-1889) Sweden's first female dentist - Amalia Grochal (born 1990), Polish model and photomodel
- Adelheid Amalie GallitzinAdelheid Amalie GallitzinPrincess Adelheid Amalie Gallitzin was the daughter of the Prussian Field Marshal Samuel von Schmettau and the mother of Prince Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin.-Life:She was born in Berlin and educated in the Roman Catholic faith, although she soon became...
(1748-1806), Russian Roman Catholic - Amalie, Princess of SaxonyAmalie, Princess of SaxonyAmalie Marie Friederike Auguste , Princess of Saxony, full name Maria Amalia Friederike Augusta Karolina Ludovica Josepha Aloysia Anna Nepomucena Philippina Vincentia Franziska de Paula Franziska de Chantal, was a German composer writing under the pen name A. Serena, and a dramatist under the name...
(1794-1870), German composer - Amalie Auguste of BavariaAmalie Auguste of BavariaAmalie Auguste was a Princess of Bavaria and Queen of Saxony.-Biography:Amalie was the fourth child of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife Karoline of Baden. She was the identical twin sister of Elizabeth Louise, later Queen of Prussia as wife of Frederick William IV of Prussia...
(1801-1877), Princess of Bavaria and Queen of Saxony - Amalie BenjaminAmalie BenjaminAmalie Zara Benjamin is a writer for the Boston Globe, and a former Boston Red Sox beat reporter for the Boston Globe. She is a 2004 graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in English...
(born 1982), American sportswriter - Amalie DietrichAmalie DietrichKoncordie Amalie Dietrich was a German naturalist who was best known for her pioneering work in Australia, where she spent 10 years collecting specimens for the Museum Godeffroy in Hamburg.-Early life:...
(1821-1891), German naturalist - Amalie HoferAmalie HoferAmalie Hofer, née Weissenrieder was the German wife of Johann Hofer...
(1820-1872), German revolutionary - Amalie KassAmalie KassAmalie M. Kass is an American historian.She was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland where she attended Forest Park High School. She attended Wellesley College and graduated in 1949, with high honors in history and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She received her Masters in Education in 1963...
(born 1928), American historian - Amalie SkramAmalie SkramAmalie Skram was a Norwegian author and feminist who gave voice to a woman's point of view with her naturalist writing. She moved to Denmark in 1894 where she settled in Copenhagen with her husband, the Danish writer Erik Skram...
(1846-1905), Norwegian author and feminist - Amalie von Wallmoden, Countess of YarmouthAmalie von Wallmoden, Countess of YarmouthAmalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden, 1st Countess of Yarmouth was the mistress of George II of Great Britain from the mid-1730s until his death in 1760. Born into one prominent family in Hanover and wed into another, she became a naturalised citizen of Britain in 1740 and was granted the life...
(1704-1765), mistress of George II of Great Britain - Amalie WinterAmalie WinterAmalie Winter was a pen name used by Amelie von Gross , a poet and novelist of Weimar, Germany.Her maiden name is recorded as being Leebach or Saebach....
(born 1803), German writer - Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-KyrburgAmalie Zephyrine of Salm-KyrburgAmalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg was a daughter of fürst Philip Joseph of Salm-Kyrburg and Maria Theresa of Hornes, eldest daughter and heiress of Maximilian, Prince of Hornes...
(1760-1841), German princess - Archduchess Amalie Theresa of AustriaArchduchess Amalie Theresa of AustriaArchduchess Amalia Theresa was the youngest daughter and twelfth and youngest child of the last Holy Roman Emperor, Francis II and his second wife, Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily, daughter of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and his first wife, Maria Carolina 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 BeckerCristiane Luise Amalie BeckerChristiane Luise Amalie Becker-Neumann was a German actor. She was born in Crossen-an-der-Oder in the Kingdom of Prussia , daughter of a theatrical manager and dramatic poet, Johann Christian Neumann...
(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 SkoglundKlara Amalie SkoglundKlara Amalie Skoglund was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She was born in Oslo.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Østfold in 1945, and was re-elected on two occasions. She had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the term...
(1891-1978), Norwegian politician - Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-DarmstadtLandgravine Amalie of Hesse-DarmstadtAmalie of Hesse-Darmstadt was the daughter of Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Henriette Karoline of Palatine-Zweibrücken.-Marriage and issue:...
(1754-1832), daughter of Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Henriette Karoline of Palatine-Zweibrücken - Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-DarmstadtLandgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-DarmstadtElisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt was a princess of Hesse-Darmstadt and wife of the Prince-elector of the Palatinate.-Biography:...
(1635-1709), Electress Palatine - Lisbeth Cathrine Amalie RoseLisbeth Cathrine Amalie RoseLisbeth Cathrine Amalie Rose was a Danish actress, one of the very first professional native actresses in Denmark and also the greatest actress in 18th century Denmark...
(1738-1793), Danish actress - Sophie Amalie MothSophie Amalie MothSophie Amalie Moth, Countess of Samsø was Christian V of Denmark’s acknowledged official lover. She was the first officially acknowledged royal mistress in Denmark.-Biography:...
(1654-1719), countess of Samsø - Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1628-1685), queen-consort of Denmark and Norway
See also
- AmaliaAmaliaAmalia \a-ma-lia\ may refer to:People* Amalia , feminine given name Novel*Amalia is an Argentine novel written by José MarmolFilms and television series:...
(disambiguation page) - Princess Amalia (disambiguation page)