Emilia is a female Italian given name of Latin origin. The name is popular all over Europe and the Americas. The corresponding male given name is Emilio. Emily is the English form of the Italian name.
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Etymology
The name is derived from Aemilia, the feminine form of the Latin nomen Aemilius. It is likely derived from the same root as the Latin word aemulus, which means to rival, excel, or emulate, but this may be a folk etymology.
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
As of 2010, records indicate that more than 13,500 girls in the United States 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 (1866–1925), Swedish politician
Emilia Cano (born 1968), Spanish race walker
Dorina Emilia Carbune (born 1985), Romanian handball player
Emilia Clarke (born 1986), British actress
Emília Coranty Llurià (1862–1944), Spanish painter
Emilia Dafni (1881–1941), Greek writer
Emilia Dayan (fl. 1870), Egyptian stage actress
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 (born 1974), British actress
Emilia of Gaeta (died 1036), duchess of Gaeta
Fictional characters
Emilia, one of the seven women occurring in the character of narrators in The Decameron 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 Galotti, virtuous young woman of the bourgeoisie from the play of the same name by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Emilia Pérez, a transgender 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!
Emilia Mansfield, a character from the Disney Channel Latin America series Soy Luna
Variant forms
Emily
Emelia (given name)