Amalea

[əˈmeɪ.lə]

Background Story

The sources checked do not record Amalea as a personal name; the only evidence found concerns Nudaria, a genus of moths.

Spanish form of Annabel, also a contraction of Ana Isabel

Feminine form of the Latin Priscus, a Roman cognomen meaning "ancient, old"

English diminutive of Abigail

Recorded as a given name in Ewe and in ecclesiastical history, both feminine

Variant of Adeline, from Old High German adal, "noble"

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Recorded as a feminine given name in medieval German

A variant of the name Alice, meaning 'noble' or 'exalted'

Variant of Alana, probably influenced by Elaine

Italian feminine form of Alexius