Amaliia
The doubled i marks the route: this is the Ukrainian Амалія in Polish transliteration, from a Latin root for vigorous and industrious. Most Poles have never met one, though it turns up a little more often now than a few years back.
Amaliia Pronunciation
Amaliia is pronounced ah-MAHLY-yah (/aˈmaljja/).
What Amaliia means
Where Amaliia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Amaliia comes into Polish through a Latin root, and it points to someone vigorous and industrious, pracowita and niezmordowana. The doubled i gives away the route it took: this is the Ukrainian Амалія brought over in transliteration, which is why a Polish reader might set it beside the plainer Amalia.
Related forms sit close by. Amalia drops the extra letter and reads as ordinary Polish, while Amelia, a variant in wide use, has ranked among the most popular girls' names in Poland for years.
The industrious, tireless meaning was fastened to the name over long use rather than stated in its first syllable. Ukrainian families who chose Амалія gave it a character of its own, and its appearance in Polish records keeps that visible. Picture a name-day noted at the urząd, Amaliia written out in full. Short and firm. The sense of steady work stays attached, pracowita to the end.
How many people are named Amaliia
1 in 80514 women in Poland is named Amaliia. 280 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1814 among female names.
Amaliia's popularity over time
3 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1176 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2021.
Where Amaliia is most popular
Amaliia is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (5 girls born 2019–2025).
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Masovian5 girls born+510%
Amaliia as a middle name
Amaliia is a first name for 280 women in Poland and a middle name for another 4, a 99/1 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3943rd, between Amada (4) and Amarachukwu (4).
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#3941 Alyson4
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#3942 Amada4
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#3943 Amaliia4
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#3944 Amarachukwu4
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#3945 Amatullah4