Emilia (given name)

Emilia is a feminine name of Latin origin. It is got from the name Emily, which itself is got from the Latin aemulus, meaning “rival” or “emulating”.

Emilia
Pronunciation/ɛˈmliə/
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/NameLatin
MeaningRival
Other names
Related namesEmily, Emilie, Emma, Emmy, Amelia, Amelie

The name Emilia is often associated with the Latin phrase “aemulare”, which means “to strive to equal or excel”.[1] This name was ranked #40 on the US Popular Female Names in 2021.[2]

Popularity

As of 2010, records indicated that more than 13,500 girls in the USA had been named Emilia since 1880. The popularity has been increasing after the year 2000.[3]

People with this name

  • Emilia (Bulgarian singer)
  • Emilia Broomé, politician
  • Emilia Bakala, Polish developer
  • Emilia Cano, Spanish race walker
  • Emilia Clarke, UK actress
  • Emilia Fox, UK actress
  • Emilia of Gaeta, duchess of Gaeta
  • Emilia Attías, Argentine actress and model
  • Emilia Kabakov, artist, wife of Ilya Kabakov
  • Emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish writer
  • Emilia Plater, Polish patriot and revolutionary
  • Emilia Ramboldt (earlier Emilia Andersson), Swedish ice hockey player
  • Emilia Rotter, Hungarian 4x world champion figure skater
  • Emilia Rydberg, Ethiopian-Swedish pop singer
  • Emilia Uggla, Swedish pianist
  • Emília Vášáryová, Slovak actress
  • Emilia Jane Mills Webb (née Goodlake), wife of William Frederick Webb
  • Emilia Kaczorowska Wojtyla, the mother of Pope John Paul II
  • Emilia Diamant, the daughter of Anita Diamant

Fictional characters

  • Emilia, one of seven women occurring in the character of narrators in The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
  • Emília, a main character in the Brazilian children's books Sítio do Picapau Amarelo by Monteiro Lobato
  • Emilia in William Shakespeare's play Othello
  • Emilia Ridderfjell in the Bert Diaries
  • *Emelia in Digital: A Love Story

References

  1. "Emilia name Meaning and Origin". babys.name. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  2. OACT. "Popular Baby Names". www.ssa.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  3. Emilia Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine at Babynameshub.com
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