Amalia?

[someonesmother]

Wanted to get thoughts on the name Amalia. My husband is German and suggested it, apparently its quite a traditional name but I've never heard of it. I think it sounds pretty, but my initial feeling was that it sounded made up!

I think it sounds nice too. I wouldn’t have guessed German but it doesn’t sound made up to my ear.

It sounds pretty but written down I wonder if some will think it's Amelia spelt incorrectly? I realize it's not but the name Amelia is really popular so it might be what people expect it to be when reading it, if you see what I mean. If you like the name I doubt that's a big problem though really.

It was on my list but then the (then to be) king and queen used it for their daughter. She'll be queen here within my children's lifetimes so that made it a no-go for me. IIRC one of the Luxembourg princesss is also an Amalia. It's certainly not made up! It's a variant of Amelia. Isn't it?

I think it’s lovely!

(I'd have been a lot less bothered if DD wasn't due so very soon after the princess in question was born)

If you’re in the UK I’d guess you’d get it mispronounced/misspelt as Amelia a lot.

Lovely!

MmeBufo Amalia is the original version; Amelia is the variant.
They come from an old Germanic word-element 'amal' , which means 'work'

Rather confusingly, Emilia, which sounds and looks similar, comes from a different, Latin root - the family name Aemilius, which means 'rival'.

Thanks for the feedback so far! To clarify, we live in Germany but have a lot of ties to the UK and certainly haven't ruled out living there in the future.

I know one and she's known as Mali. I like it a lot.

I know of one in the uk who gets called marley for short. I like it but is constantly having it mistaken for amelia.

I wouldn't use it in the uk due to that but elsewhere would be fine.

I know an Amalia and I think it’s a lovely name.

I like it. Grew up in Denmark so have not a few over my life. Always thought it was a pretty name

I know a Swedish Amalia. I like it much more than Amelia.

I know an adult Amalia and think it's a beautiful name 😊

I think it's lovely. It's the one I like most of all the variations - Amelia, Amelie, Emilie/Emily, Emilia.

Love it. I teach a very lovely Amalia - never for it mixed up or thought it was Amelia

It's a lovely name.

It’s pretty.

Thanks everyone! I've been thinking about it for a few days now and it's gone to the top of our list 🙂. Her sister is Eleanor. I'm 38 weeks now so need to settle on a name!

I really like it. Would be slightly put off by the millions of Amelia’s meaning spelling / pronunciation mistakes are likely but overall I’d still think it’s a great name

I know an adult Amaelia.
Said A-may-lee-ah.

I really like it. I’ve not a name I’ve heard of before and I’d not have guessed German. It has lots of good nickname potential too and goes well with Eleanor.

I know one, she's from Romania and is a really nice person. So good associations for me. It's a pretty name without being too cutesy, and it seems to travel well.

It’s lovely! It’s also Spanish and we’re considering it if one of our babies due in September is a girl