Amalia

A Hebrew origin might have preceded the Germanic one. "Amal" (biblical) means work, labor; "-ia" a suffix signifying the Hebrew name of God. Hence Amal-ia, "the labor of god". Probably as in worshiping or toiling in the service of God in some other way.

My nana's name, I love her so much! It means "hard worker" She is a hard worker!

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Also my friend from Norway's name, She spells it Amalie, but some people pronounce it "om-ah-lay" like that girl from the movie Ameile.

Doesn't Amal also mean - hope, expectation, aspiration - in arabic? It sounds beautiful for me.

Amal means work in Hebrew and Arabic.

The word "amal" is a Hebrew word, meaning - labor. Therefor, "Amalia" means "God's labor" in Hebrew; And therefor, obviously, it is also a Hebrew name.

I suspect that the meaning of this name is derived from a Semitic language such as Hebrew or Arabic. The Arabic word for "work" is "amal" (ayin, mim, lam).

Also an ancient Greek name, from the word "amalos", means soft.

Amalia means "God's work" in Hebrew. It can also be used as a vernacular name for Malka.