Name Element AMAL

Type Element

Meaning & History

Germanic element, possibly referring to the Gothic dynasty of the Amali, possibly meaning "unceasing, vigorous, brave" [1][2].

Related Items

Other Languages & Culturesamals(Gothic)
Given Name DescendantsAmalija(Croatian) Amálie(Czech) Amalie(Danish) Amalia(Dutch) Amelia, America, Emelia, Emerie, Emerson, Emersyn, Emery, Emmaline, Emmalyn, Emmeline, Emory, Amery, Amilia, Emmerson(English) Amalia(Finnish) Amaury, Amélie, Émeline, Émeric, Amélia(French) Amalia, Amelie, Emmerich, Amalie(German) Amalbert, Amalia, Amalrich, Amelina, Emmerich(Germanic) Amalareiks, Amalaric, Amalric(Gothic) Amalia(Greek) Amália, Imre(Hungarian) Amalia, Amelia, Amerigo(Italian) Amēlija(Latvian) Amalija, Amelija(Lithuanian) Amelia(Medieval French) Amalie, Emrik(Norwegian) Amelia(Polish) Amália, Amélia, Américo, América(Portuguese) Amalia(Romanian) Amaliya, Ameliya(Russian) Amália, Imrich, Imriška(Slovak) Amalija(Slovene) Amalia, Amelia, América, Américo, Emelina(Spanish) Amalia, Emrik(Swedish)
Surname DescendantsEmerson(English) Amalberti, Amerighi(Italian)
Place Name DescendantsAmerika, Amerikë(Albanian) Amrika(Arabic) Amerika(Armenian) Amerika(Azerbaijani) Amerika(Bashkir) Amerika(Bulgarian) Amèrica(Catalan) Amerika(Chechen) Amerika(Croatian) Amerika(Czech) Amerika(Danish) Amerika(Dutch) America(English) Amerikka(Finnish) Amérique(French) Amerika(Georgian) Amerika(German) Ameriki(Greek) Amerika(Hebrew) Amerika(Hungarian) Amerika(Indonesian) America(Italian) Amerika(Japanese) Amerika(Kazakh) America(Late Roman) Amerika(Latvian) Amerika(Lithuanian) Amerika(Luxembourgish) Amerika(Macedonian) Amerika(Malay) Amerika(Norwegian) Amrika(Persian) Ameryka(Polish) América(Portuguese) America(Romanian) Amerika(Russian) Amerika(Serbian) Amerika(Slovak) Amerika(Slovene) América(Spanish) Amerika(Swedish) Amerika(Tatar) Amerika(Turkish) Ameryka(Ukrainian) Amerika(Uzbek)

Sources & References

  1. Pokorny, Julius. Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. Francke, 1959, page 778.
  2. Köbler, Gerhard. Gotisches Wörterbuch, entry *amals, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/gotwbhin.html.
Entry updated December 7, 2022