Girl · Latin
Émilie
Say it: ay-mee-LEE
Meaning
From the Roman family name Aemilius, possibly from aemulus 'rival', though this is not certain.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Known in the 18th century and among France's favourite names in the 1980s–90s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1890s
In the United States
- 25,752 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1891, about 1 in 2,200 girls
- 184 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Emily |
|---|---|
| Italian | Emilia |
Famous bearers
- Émilie du Châtelet, mathematician and physicist
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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