Emilia is a feminine

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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

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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) (born 1982), full name Emiliya Valeva, known by the mononym Emilia *

Emilia Appelqvist 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 T ...

(born 1990), Swedish soccer player * Emilia Attías (born 1987), Argentine actress and model *

Emilia Brodin Emilia Elisabeth Brodin (née Appelqvist; born 11 February 1990) is a Swedish Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder for the Damallsvenskan team Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women), Djurgårdens IF. She joined previous club Pite ...

(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 (born 1968), Spanish race walker * Dorina Emilia Carbune (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 (1881–1941), Greek writer * Emilia Fester (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'' (2 ...

(born 1974), British actress *

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

(died 1036), duchess of Gaeta * Emilia Gierczak (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 Emilia Lanier (also Aemilia or Amelia Lanyer, 1569–1645), ''née'' Aemilia Bassano, was an English poet and the first woman in England to assert herself as a professional poet, through her volume ''Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum'' (''Hail, God, King ...

(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 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 (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 Countess Emilia Broel-Plater ( lt, Emilija Pliaterytė; 13 November 1806 – 23 December 1831) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman and revolutionary from the lands of the partitioned Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Raised in a patriotic tra ...

(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 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 fathe ...

(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 (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 nobility, noble classical concert pianist and concert singer. Emilia Uggla was the daughter of nobleman and Captain (land), captain ...

(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 Da ...

'' 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, 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 the series in North America. The story is abou ...

'' *Emilia "Emmy" O'Malley, supporting character in '' Delicious''

Variant forms

* Emily

References

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