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Amalia

Meaning — A Germanic feminine name derived from the element "amal", the dynastic name of the Amal clan — the royal house of the Ostrogoths — possibly meaning "labour", "vigour", or related to a Proto-Germanic root meaning "work". The Amali dynasty produced Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths and Italy. The name spread into the nobility of the Holy Roman Empire and became a favoured royal name in several European dynasties.·Germanic origin·Female·ah-MAH-lee-ah

Amalia Amalia carries the aristocratic heritage of the Ostrogothic royal line and the Viennese Habsburg court, where the name was fashionable. Characters with this name project graceful ambition and dynastic self-possession — suited to historical novels of empire, court intrigues, or the cultural world of Germanic nobility in any era.

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Historical FictionRomanceFantasyLiterary Fiction

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Amalia von HabsburgAmalia SchönbergAmalia RitterAmalia BaumAmalia SeidlAmalia Weiss

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