Emilia is a

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Italian

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Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

origin. The name is popular all over Europe and the Americas. The corresponding masculine name is

Emilio Emilio may refer to: * Emilio Navaira, a Mexican-American singer often called "Emilio" * Emilio Piazza Memorial School, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State * Emilio (given name) * ''Emilio'' (film), a 2008 film by Kim Jorgensen See also * Emílio (dis ...

. Emily is the English form of the Italian name.

Etymology

Emilia is derived from '' Aemilia'', the feminine form of the

nomen '' Aemilius''. The name is likely derived from the same root as the

word ''aemulus'', which means to rival, excel, or emulate, but this may be a

folk etymology Folk etymology (also known as popular etymology, analogical reformation, reanalysis, morphological reanalysis or etymological reinterpretation) is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more famili ...

. Although similar Germanic names like Amalia may appear to be related to Emilia, Emily and Aemilia, they in fact have a different origin. In Greek, it is often written in the form "Αιμιλία" cognate to the Balkan Mountains of Haemus "Αίμος" and the ancient and modern greek word for blood "Αίμα".

Popularity

, records indicate that more than 13,500 girls in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

have been named Emilia since 1880, with numbers increasing markedly from the year 2000.Emilia
at BabyNamesHub.com

People with this name

Emilia (Bulgarian singer) Emilia Bashur ( bg, Емилия Башур, née Valeva), known by her stage name Emilia, is a Bulgarian pop folk singer. She has released eight studio albums to date. Early life Emilia was born in Galabovo Galabovo ( bg, Гълъбово ...

(born 1982), full name Emiliya Valeva, known by the mononym Emilia * Emilia Appelqvist (born 1990), Swedish soccer player *

Emilia Attías María Emilia Attias Pompei (born March 20, 1987), better known as Emilia Attias is an Argentine actress, model, singer, DJ and television host. Biography María Emilia Attías was born in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 20, 19 ...

(born 1987), Argentine actress and model *

Emilia Brodin Emilia Elisabeth Brodin (née Appelqvist; born 11 February 1990) is a Swedish footballer who played as a midfielder for the Damallsvenskan team Djurgårdens IF. She joined previous club Piteå IF for the 2014 season, having been on loan from Tyr ...

(born 1990), Swedish footballer *

Emilia Broomé Emilia Augusta Clementina Broomé, née ''Lothigius'' (13 January 1866 – 2 June 1925), was a Swedish politician (liberal), feminist and peace activist. She was the first woman in the Swedish legislative assembly (1914). Life Emilia Broomé ...

(1866-1925), Swedish politician *

Emilia Cano Emilia Cano Camacho (born March 4, 1968, in Barcelona) is a retired female race walker from Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ...

(born 1968), Spanish race walker *

Dorina Emilia Carbune Dorina Emilia Carbune (born February 22, 1985) is a Romanian female handballer, who plays for Kastamonu Bld. GSK and the Romanian national team. She played in her country for CS Tomis Constanța (2005–2008) before she moved in 2009 to Turkey ...

(born 1985), Romanian handball player *

Emilia Clarke Emilia Isobel Euphemia Rose Clarke (born 23 October 1986) is an English actress. She is best known for her portrayal as Daenerys Targaryen in '' Game of Thrones''. She has received various accolades, including an Empire Award, a Saturn Award, ...

(born 1986), British actress *

Emilia Dafni Emilia Dafni ( el, Αιμιλία Δάφνη) (1881Her date of birth also appears as 1887 in some sources – 1941) was a Greek writer. The daughter of writer Ioannis Kourtelis and the goddaughter of Achilleus Paraschos, she married the poet ...

(1881–1941), Greek writer *

Emilia Fester Emilia Johanna Fester (born 28 April 1998) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a Member of the German Bundestag since the 2021 German federal election, 2021 federal election. Political career At age 23, F ...

(born 1998), German politician *

Emilia Fox Emilia Rose Elizabeth Fox (born 31 July 1974) is an English actress and presenter whose film debut was in Roman Polanski's film '' The Pianist''. Her other films include the Italian–French–British romance-drama film ''The Soul Keeper'' (20 ...

(born 1974), British actress * Emilia of Gaeta (died 1036), duchess of Gaeta *

Emilia Gierczak Emilia Gierczak (February 25, 1925 – March 17, 1945) was a Polish soldier of the Polish Armed Forces in the East during the Second World War. After being killed in combat, several streets and organisations were subsequently named after her in P ...

(1925–1945), Polish soldier *

Emilia Goggi Emilia Goggi, also known as Emilia Goggi-Marcovaldi, (10 October 1817 – 29 August 1857) was an Italian operatic mezzo-soprano who sang in the leading opera houses of Italy as well as in Spain. In 1853 she created the role of Azucena in the worl ...

(1817–1857), Italian operatic mezzo-soprano * Emilia Kilpua (born 1977), Finnish space scientist * Emilia Lanier (1569–1645), English poet *

Emilia Malessa Emilia Malessa, ''née'' Izdebska (''noms de guerre'': ''Marcysia'', ''Miłasza'', ''Maniuta'') (born 26 February 1909, in Rostov,Iwona Beratym, "60 lat temu zginal legendarny major Jan Piwnik "Ponury", Slow Ludu - Gazeta codzienna, 18 June 2004/re ...

(1909–1949), Polish soldier, member of the Home Army during WWII *

Emilia Müller Emilia Franziska Müller (born 28 September 1951) is a German chemical technician and politician. A member of the conservative Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU), she has served as a member of the Landtag and as Ministry of Labor and Social A ...

(born 1951), German chemical technician and politician *

Emilia Nilsson Emilia Nilsson Garip (born 21 April 2003) is a Swedish diver. She competed in the women's 1 metre springboard event at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. She finished in 14th place in the preliminary round. In the women's 3 metre springbo ...

(born 2003), Swedish diver *

Emilia Nyström Emilia Nyström (born 13 September 1983) is a professional Finnish beach volleyball player together with her twin sister, Erika. She stands 1.77 m tall and weighs 53 kg. Emilia is the last born of the identical twins and they are both from Mu ...

(born 1983), Finnish beach volleyball player * Emilia Papadopoulos (born 1987), Cypriot-British journalist *

Emilia Pardo Bazan Emilia may refer to: People * Emilia (given name), list of people with this name Places * Emilia (region), a historical region of Italy. Reggio, Emilia * Emilia-Romagna, an administrative region in Italy, including the historical regions of Emi ...

(1851–1921), Spanish writer *

Emilia Pikkarainen Emilia Pikkarainen (born 11 October 1992) is a Finnish swimmer. She holds the Finnish record in 50 metres butterfly (26.90), 100 metres butterfly (59.02), 200 metres butterfly (2:10.89), and 200 metres individual medley (2:14 ...

(born 1992), Finnish swimmer * Emilia Plater (1806–1831), Polish patriot and revolutionary *

Emilia Ramboldt Emilia Ingrid Maria Andersson Ramboldt (born 31 August 1988) is a Swedish ice hockey defenceman. She was a member of the Swedish national team for twelve seasons, playing in eight IIHF Women's World Championships and at the Winter Olympics in 2 ...

(earlier Emilia Andersson) (born 1988), Swedish ice hockey player *

Emilia Rotter Emilia may refer to: People * Emilia (given name), list of people with this name Places * Emilia (region), a historical region of Italy. Reggio, Emilia * Emilia-Romagna, an administrative region in Italy, including the historical regions of Emi ...

(1906–2003), Hungarian 4x world champion figure skater *

(born 1988), Swedish ice hockey player *

Emilia Rydberg Hanna Emilia Rydberg-Mitiku, known simply as Emilia (born 5 January 1978), is a Swedish pop music and soul singer. Her 1998 hit single " Big Big World" reached number one in the music charts in several countries. Life and career Rydberg's father ...

(born 1978), Swedish pop singer *

Emilia Schüle Emilia Schüle (born 28 November 1992 in Blagoveshchensk) is a Russian-born Germany, German actress. Career Emilia Schüle was born in 1992 History of Germans in Russia, Ukraine and the Soviet Union, in Russia to an ethnic German family. Whe ...

(born 1992), Russian-born German actress *

Emilia Tsoulfa Emilia Tsoulfa ( el, Αιμιλία Τσούλφα; born 15 May 1973 in Athens) is a Greek sailor. She has been sailing in Piraeus Sailing Club since she was 12 years old. She participated in over 470 main classes events and won Gold medals in: ...

(born 1973), Greek sailor *

Emilia Uggla Emilia "Emilie" Maria Sara Sofia Uggla (24 February 1819 in Karlstad – 15 February 1855 in Upperud), was a Swedish noble classical concert pianist and concert singer. Emilia Uggla was the daughter of nobleman and captain Carl Wilhelm Uggla and S ...

(1819–1855), Swedish pianist *

Emilia Unda Emilia Unda (January 29, 1879 – December 7, 1939) was Baltic German stage and film actress. She is best known for her role as the headmistress in the 1931 film ''Mädchen in Uniform''.Langford p.175 Unda was married to German architect Hugo Här ...

(1879–1939), German actress *

Emília Vášáryová Emília Vášáryová, Doctor Artis Dramaticae (hon.) (; born 18 May 1942) is a Slovak stage and screen actress, referred to as the "First Lady of Slovak Theater". During her over five decades long career, she has received numerous awards includ ...

(born 1942), Slovak actress * Emilia Vuorisalmi (born 1979), Finnish medical doctor, TV personality and entrepreuner * Emilia Kaczorowska Wojtyla (born 1884), the mother of Pope John Paul II * Emilia Simonen (born 1996), Finnish figure skater * Emilia Soini (born 1995), Finnish squash player *

Emilia Vesa Emilia Vesa (born 3 January 2001) is a Finnish ice hockey winger and member of the Finnish national ice hockey team, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Frölunda HC. International play As a junior player with t ...

(born 2001), Finnish ice hockey player

Fictional characters

*Emilia, one of the seven women occurring in the character of narrators in ''

The Decameron ''The Decameron'' (; it, label=Italian, Decameron or ''Decamerone'' ), subtitled ''Prince Galehaut'' (Old it, Prencipe Galeotto, links=no ) and sometimes nicknamed ''l'Umana commedia'' ("the Human comedy", as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Dan ...

'' by Giovanni Boccaccio * Emília, one of the main characters in the Brazilian children's novel series ''Sítio do Picapau Amarelo'' by Monteiro Lobato *

Emilia Emilia may refer to: People * Emilia (given name), list of people with this name Places * Emilia (region), a historical region of Italy. Reggio, Emilia * Emilia-Romagna, an administrative region in Italy, including the historical regions of Emi ...

, a character from William Shakespeare's play ''Othello'' *

Emilia Ridderfjell The Bert Diaries are a series of novels written in the form of a diary, by Swedish writers Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson. The main character is a Swedish teenager called Bert Ljung, living in Öreskoga, a fictional town in Sweden, in the late ...

, a character from the novel series ''The Bert Diaries'' *Emilia, from the indie visual novel '' Digital: A Love Story'' * Emilia (''Re:Zero''), the female protagonist from the Japanese light novel series ''Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World'' *Emilia, or Emi Yusa, the female protagonist from the Japanese light novel series '' The Devil Is a Part-Timer!'' *Emilia "Emmy" O'Malley, supporting character in '' Delicious''

Variant forms

* Emily

References

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