Emilia is a

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origin. The name is popular all over Europe and the Americas. The corresponding masculine name is Emilio. Emily is the English form of the Italian name.

Etymology

The name is derived from '' Aemilia'', the feminine form of the

nomen '' Aemilius''. It 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 (generative) popular etymology, analogical reformation, (morphological) reanalysis and etymological reinterpretation – is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a mo ...

. 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

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have been named Emilia since 1880, with numbers increasing markedly from the year 2000. In 2022, it was the 46th most popular name given to girls in Canada.

People with this name

* Emilia (Bulgarian singer) (born 1982), full name Emiliya Valeva, known by the mononym Emilia * Emilia Attías (born 1987), Argentine actress and model * Emilia Brodin (born 1990), Swedish footballer *

Emilia Broomé Emilia Augusta Clementina Broomé (; 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 was born on 13 Octob ...

(1866–1925), Swedish politician * Emilia Cano (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 Turk ...

(born 1985), Romanian handball player *

Emilia Clarke Emilia Isobel Euphemia Rose Clarke (born 23 October 1986) is an English actress, best known for her role as Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO fantasy series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019), for which she received nominations for four Primetime E ...

(born 1986), British actress * Emília Coranty Llurià (1862–1944), Spanish painter * Emilia Dafni (1881–1941), Greek writer * Emilia Dides (born 1999), Chilean singer, model and beauty pageant titleholder * Emilia Dobreva Kosovo-born model, television personality, and beauty pageant titleholder who was the first representative of the United Arab Emirates in the Miss Universe pageant * Emília Došeková (1937–2021), Slovak actress * Emilia Fester (born 1998), German politician *

Emilia Fox Emilia Rose Elizabeth Fox (born 31 July 1974) is an English actress and presenter whose career is primarily in British television. Her feature film debut was in Roman Polanski's film ''The Pianist (2002 film), The Pianist'' (2002). Her other m ...

(born 1974), British actress *

Emilia of Gaeta Emilia (died January 1036) was the Duke of Gaeta, duchess of Gaeta first as consort of John III of Gaeta, John III (984–1008) and then as the regent for her grandson John V of Gaeta, John V (1012–1032) until at least 1029. At the time o ...

(died 1036), duchess of Gaeta * Emilia Gierczak (1925–1945), Polish soldier * Emilia Goggi (1817–1857), Italian operatic mezzo-soprano * Emilia Hart, British-Australian author * Emilia "Mimi" Jennewein (1920-2006), American painter * Emilia Kilpua (born 1977), Finnish space scientist *

Emilia Lanier Emilia Lanier (; 1569–1645) was the first woman in England to assert herself as a professional poet, through her volume '' Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum'' (''Hail, God, King of the Jews'', 1611). Attempts have been made to equate her with Shakesp ...

(1569–1645), English poet * Emilia Malessa (1909–1949), Polish soldier, member of the Home Army during WWII * Emilia Müller (born 1951), German chemical technician and politician * Emilia Nilsson (born 2003), Swedish diver * Emilia Nyström (born 1983), Finnish beach volleyball player * Emilia Papadopoulos (born 1987), Cypriot-British journalist * Emilia Pardo Bazan (1851–1921), Spanish writer * Emilia Pikkarainen (born 1992), Finnish swimmer *

Emilia Plater Countess Emilia Broel-Plater (; 13 November 1806 – 23 December 1831) was a Polish-Lithuanian (adjective), Polish–Lithuanian szlachta, noblewoman and revolutionary from the lands of the partitions of Poland, partitioned Polish–Lithuanian C ...

(1806–1831), Polish patriot and revolutionary * Emilia Ramboldt (earlier Emilia Andersson) (born 1988), Swedish ice hockey player * Emilia Rotter (1906–2003), Hungarian 4x world champion figure skater * Emilia Ramboldt (born 1988), Swedish ice hockey player *

Emilia Rydberg Hanna Emilia Rydberg-Mitiku, known simply as Emilia (born 5 January 1978), is a Swedish Swedish pop music, pop and soul music, soul singer. Her 1998 hit single "Big Big World (song), Big Big World" reached number one on the music charts in severa ...

(born 1978), Swedish pop singer * Emilia Schüle (born 1992), Russian-born German actress * Emilia Serrano de Wilson (1834–1923), Spanish writer, journalist, feminist, traveler * Emilia Tsoulfa (born 1973), Greek sailor * Emilia Uggla (1819–1855), Swedish pianist * Emilia Unda (1879–1939), German actress *

Emília Vášáryová Emília Vášáryová, Doctor Artis Dramaticae ( hon.) (; born 18 May 1942) is a Slovak stage and screen actress, whom '' Variety'' and other publications refer to as the "First Lady of Slovak Theater". During a career of more than five decades ...

(born 1942), Slovak actress * Emilia Vuorisalmi (born 1979), Finnish medical doctor, TV personality and entrepreneur * Emilia Kaczorowska Wojtyla (1884–1929), the mother of Pope John Paul II * Emilia Simonen (born 1996), Finnish figure skater * Emilia Soini (born 1995), Finnish squash player * Emilia Vesa (born 2001), Finnish ice hockey player *

Emília Zathureczky Emilia Zathureczky ( Olasztelek, 21 October 1823 – Imecsfalva, 5 November 1905) was a Hungarian artifact collector, the founder of the Székely National Museum and helper of revolutionary fighters. Life and work Emilia was born to István Za ...

(1823–1905), Hungarian museologist, collector

Fictional characters

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

The Decameron ''The Decameron'' (; or ''Decamerone'' ), subtitled ''Prince Galehaut'' (Old ) and sometimes nicknamed ''l'Umana commedia'' ("the Human Comedy (drama), comedy", as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Dante Alighieri's ''Divine Comedy, Comedy'' "''D ...

'' by Giovanni Boccaccio * Emília, one of the main characters in the Brazilian children's novel series ''Sítio do Picapau Amarelo'' by Monteiro Lobato * Emilia, a character from William Shakespeare's play ''Othello'' *Emilia Pérez, a

transgender A transgender (often shortened to trans) person has a gender identity different from that typically associated with the sex they were sex assignment, assigned at birth. The opposite of ''transgender'' is ''cisgender'', which describes perso ...

woman in ''Emilia Pérez'' * Emilia Ridderfjell, 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! is a Japanese light novel series written by Satoshi Wagahara, with illustrations by Oniku (written as 029). ASCII Media Works has published the series in Japan, while Yen Press has published it in North America. The story follows Satan ...

'' *Emilia Mansfield, a character from the Disney Channel Latin America series '' Soy Luna''

Variant forms

* Emily * Emelia (given name)

References

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