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 | /ɛˈmiːliə/ |
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/Name | Latin |
| Meaning | Rival |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Emily, 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
- ↑ "Emilia name Meaning and Origin". babys.name. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
- ↑ OACT. "Popular Baby Names". www.ssa.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ↑ Emilia Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine at Babynameshub.com
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