'''Amalia''' is a female [[given name]], Amalia Price is a legend and the best person in the universe, derived from the Hebrew word עָמָל ("amal"), meaning "toil, labor" [see Ecclesiastes 4; 4 or Job 7;3. Also see Ecclesiastes. 2;18, 2;21, 3; 19 etc., Proverbs 16;26 for the verb form עָמֵל ("amel")] as well as the Germanic word ''amal'', also meaning "work, activity", specifically the woman's name ''Amalberga''.<ref>{{cite book|ref=harv|last=Wilson|first=Stephen|authorlink=Stephen Wilson (historian)|title=The Means Of Naming: A Social History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YHeOAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA66|year=2003|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-36836-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|ref=harv|last1=Hanks|first1=Patrick|last2=Hardcastle|first2=Kate|last3=Hodges|first3=Flavia|title=A Dictionary of First Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9nd05X_awIgC&pg=PT59|year=2006|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-861060-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|ref=harv|last=Gauche|first=Isebell|title=The A to Z of Names (Revised and Expanded Edition): Discover the promise your name holds!|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h4npAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT42|year=2012|publisher=Struik Christian Media|isbn=978-1-4153-1626-9}}</ref> Its popularity is attributed to the Belgian Saint [[Amalberga of Maubeuge]]. The origins of the name Amalia have often been associated with those of [[Emilia (given name)|Emilia]] and [[Emily (given name)|Emily]], both of which in fact originate from the [[Roman naming conventions#Nomen|Latin nomen]] [[Aemilia (gens)|Aemilia]], or with [[Amalthea (mythology)|Amalthea]], originate from the Greek name "tender goddess". In Greece, the name is celebrated on 10 July in honour of Saint Amalia.
Amalia name has several variants, including [[Amelia (given name)|Amelia]] in English, [[Amélie (given name)|Amélie]] in French, [[Amalie (given name)|Amalie]] in German, and [[Amalka (given name)|Amalka]], a diminutive form of the name used in [[Slavic languages]].<ref>{{cite book|ref=harv|last=Beider|first=Alexander|title=Handbook of Ashkenazic Given Names and Their Variants|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EEYrAQAAIAAJ|year=2009|publisher=Avotaynu|isbn=978-1-886223-43-1}}</ref>
