Amalie (given name)

Amalie is a feminine given name. It is a German variant of the name Amalia. It is derived from the root word 'amal', meaning 'work' in German, 'hope' in Arabic and 'water' in Scots-Gaelic.

Notable people with the name include:

• Amalie Andersen (born 1999), Danish ice hockey player
• Amalie Andersen (actress) (1861–1924), Norwegian actress
• Cristiane Luise Amalie Becker (1778–1797), German actress
• Amalie Benjamin (born 1982), American sportswriter
• Amalie Sara Colquhoun (1894–1974), Australian landscape and portrait painter
• Amalie Dietrich (1821–1891), German naturalist
• Amalie Grøn Hansen (born 1996), Danish handballer
• Amalie Hofer (1820–1872), German revolutionary
• Amalie Kass (1928–2019), American historian
• Amalie Konsa (1873–1949), Estonian actress
• Amalie von Lasaulx (1815–1872), German nun
• Amalie Malling (born 1948), Danish classical pianist
• Amalie Nacken (1855–1940 Munich), German philanthropist
• Amalie "Emmy" Noether (1882–1935), German mathematician
• Lisbeth Cathrine Amalie Rose (1738–1793), Danish actress
• Amalie Schoppe (1791–1858), German writer
• Klara Amalie Skoglund (1891–1978), Norwegian politician
• Amalie Skram (1846–1905), Norwegian author and feminist
• Amalie Wichmann (born 1995), Danish handball player
• Amalie Winter (1803–1879), German writer

Nobility and royalty

• Archduchess Amalie Theresa of Austria (1807), daughter of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
• Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (1801–1877), Princess of Bavaria and Queen of Saxony
• Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1628–1685), queen-consort of Denmark and Norway
• 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
• 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
• Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) (1650–1714), Danish queen consort
• Sophie Amalie Moth (1654–1719), countess of Samsø
• Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg (1760–1841), German princess
• Amalie, Princess of Saxony (1794–1870), German composer and Princess of Saxony
• Amalie von Wallmoden, Countess of Yarmouth (1704–1765), mistress of George II of Great Britain

See also

• Amalie (disambiguation)
• Amélie (given name)
• Amalia (given name)