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The name of … Catharina-Amalia

On Sunday 7 December 2003 at 5.01pm a Princess was

born at the Bronovo Hospital in The Hague, The
Netherlands. Originally the little Princess was only
announced for January 2004, but being 52 cm tall and
having a weight of 3,310 grams hardly anybody believed
that she was born several weeks early.

The name was already leaked the next day when it

became known that the Foundation Sigillis Regiis
Praesidio, that protects the Royal Family against
commercial exploitation had registered the websites
htttp://www.catharina-amalia.nl and
http://www.prinsescatharina-amalia.nl. Her names were
registered on 9 December at the old town hall of The
Hague.

The then Prince of Orange, Willem-Alexander, and his wife

Máxima named their firstborn child Catharina-Amalia
Beatrix Carmen Victoria. In daily life, it was announced,
she would be called Amalia. The names Catharina-Amalia
have been used in the House of Orange-Nassau before.
She was named Beatrix after her paternal grandmother
and Carmen after her maternal grandmother. The name
Victoria is the name of her godmother Crown Princess
Victoria of Sweden.

© 2019 RVD – H.M. The King

The meaning of the name Catharina-Amalia

Catharina, the Dutch form of the name Catherine, is a

Greek name. The name might come from Hecate, the
Greek goddess of magic, but that is unclear. Later on the
name was associated with the Greek word “katharos”
meaning pure. Another possible origine is the Armenian
word katar, meaning peak or summit.

Amalia derives from the Germanic word “amal”, with the

meaning work or activity. In Hebrew the name means work
of God. The name has a different origine than Emilia and
Emily, as these names originate from the Latin name
Aemilia, or the Greek name Amalthea. The latter name
means tender goddess. Emilia was the name of two
daughers of Prince William of Orange, Count of Nassau
(1533-1584) by the way.

Both names are already rather old. As in other countries

the name Catharina used to be very popular, but is often
abbreviated nowadays. Amalia is regarded rather old-
fashioned in the Netherlands at least.

The name Catharina-Amalia in Dutch royal history

Both names were previously used in the royal family of the

Netherlands and the House of Orange-Nassau, although
never in combination. In some other cases they were only
used as Christian names.

Catharina:

Catharina Belgica (1578-1648), daughter of Prince

William I of Orange, Count of Nassau by his third
wife.
Henriëtte Catharina (1637-1708), daughter of Prince
Frederik Hendrik of Orange, Count of Nassau.

Amalia:

Countess Amalia zu Solms-Braunfels (1602-1675),

wife of Prince Frederik Hendrik of Orange, Count of
Nassau.
Amalia (1655-1695), daughter of Count Willem
Frederik of Nassau-Diez.
Henriëtte Amalia (1666-1726), wife of Prince Hendrik
Casimir II of Nassau-Diez.
Maria Amalia (1689-1771), daughter of Prince
Hendrik Casimir II of Nassau-Diez.
Amalia (1710-1777), daughter of Prince Johan
Willem Friso of Orange, Prince of Nassau.
Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1830-
1872), wife of Prince Hendrik of the Netherlands.

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