Meaning & History
Gothic element, possibly referring to the royal dynasty of the Amali, possibly meaning "unceasing, vigorous, brave".
Related Items
Other Languages & Culturesamal(Old Germanic)
Given Name DescendantsAmerica, Emerie, Emerson, Emersyn, Emery, Emory, Millicent, Amery, Emmerson, Melicent(English) Amaury, Émeric, Mélisande(French) Emmerich(German) Amalberga, Amalrich, Emmerich(Germanic) Amalabairga, Amalaberga, Amalareiks, Amalaric, Amalasuintha, Amalaswinþa, Amalric(Gothic) Imre(Hungarian) Amerigo(Italian) Melisende(Medieval French) Emrik(Norwegian) Américo, América(Portuguese) Imrich, Imriška(Slovak) América, Américo(Spanish) Emrik(Swedish)
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
- K枚bler, Gerhard. Gotisches W枚rterbuch, entry *amals, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/gotwbhin.html.