Emily

The name Emily meanings and origins

The name Emily is camed from the Roman family name Aemilius. The Aemilius family was a powerful family in ancient Rome. The name may come from the Latin word aemulus meaning “rival,” or the Greek word meaning “wily” or “persuasive.”

The name “ Emily “ is a name that has been used all around the English speaking countries.

Popularity of the name Emily

Emily was the No. 1 in baby name ranking list in U.S. from 1996 to 2007. It was consistently in the top 10 since 1991 to 2016. The latest data in 2020 show Emily is ranked as No. 18 in girl name in the U.S.

The Emilia variation is used in many languages but not only U.S. , including Czech, Danish, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish.

The name “ Emily “ is the 38th most popular baby girl’s name based on the data given by the reliable American resources in the United states of America in the year 1975. For instance, imagine that, about 152 newborn babies in Minnesota have the same name as your baby in the year 1975. A total of about 6000 newborn babies also bear the same first name during the year 1975 in the United states of America. From the year 1880 to the year 2018, the highest recorded use of this name was related to the year in the year 1999 with a total of 27000 newborn babies.

Since the year 1880 up to the year 2018, the name “ Emily ” was recorded about 9000000 times in the SSA public database.

This name appeared in the year 1880 for the first time. This name was given to about 210 newborn babies. The name became a popular name in the year 1880 with a rank of 100 nationwide and was registered about 210 times as a baby girl’s name. The name “ Emily “ became a popular girl’s name in the state of Connecticut in the year 1993. This name ranked 1 with about 415 babies. The all time high record for this name was in the year 2003 in the state of California with about 4000 newborn baby girls.

This name is a consistent top ranking girl’s name in the state of Hawaii for about 70 consecutive years from the year 1911 to the year 2018. 

For the past 20 years, the name “ Emily ” was recorded 400000 times in the SSA public database.

Personality of the name Emily

The real meaning of the name “ Emily “ might not be described with just a few sentences and words. Your name “ Emily “ is your destiny, heart’s desire, and personality. This name is the one that implies a pioneering spirit. You are a natural born leader, highly focused, and achievement oriented. Enduring hardship to try out new things come naturally to you. It frustrates you to do too many unimportant activities. You are able to do things and make decisions by yourself. You are also energetic and confident as well.

Your heart’s desire as a person named “ Emily “ can be an adventure. Freedom is essential to your happiness. Traveling, meeting new friends, and getting new experience can add variety to your life.

Famous people named Emily

Emily Barclay who is a New Zealand actress

Emily Beecham who is an English Actress

Emily Blunt who is an English actress

Emily Booth who is an English actress and TV presenter

Emily Browning who is an Australian actress

Emily Burnett who is a Welsh actress

Emily Coutts who is a Canadian actress

Names with the letter Emily

Ellina, Ellujah, Ella and Elina