Emilia (given name)
| Emilia | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ɛˈmiːliə/ |
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Latin |
| Meaning | Rival |
| Other names | |
| Related names |
Emily, Emilie, Emma, Em, Emmy. See also Amelia, Amelie |
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Emilia is a feminine given name of Romanic origin. The name is found all over Europe and the Americas. The corresponding masculine name is Emil.
Etymology
Emilia is a feminine given name derived from Aemilia, the feminine form of the Latin nomen Aemilius. The name is likely derived from the same root as the Latin word aemulus, which means to rival, excel, or emulate,[1] 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.
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.[2]
People with this name
- Dorina Emilia Carbune (born 1985), Romanina handball player
- Emilia Ramboldt, Swedish ice hockey player
- Emilia (Bulgarian singer), full name Emiliya Valeva, known by the mononym Emilia
- Emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish writer
- Emilia Broomé, politician
- Emilia Bakala, Polish developer
- Emilia Cano, Spanish race walker
- Emilia Clarke, British actress
- Emilia Fox, British actress
- Emilia of Gaeta, duchess of Gaeta
- Emilia Attías, Argentine actress and model
- Emilia Kabakov, artist, wife of Ilya Kabakov
- Emilia Plater, Polish patriot and revolutionary
- 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
Fictional characters
- Emilia, one of the seven women occurring in the character of narrators in The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
- Emília is one of the main characters 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
- *Emilia in Digital: A Love Story
Variant forms
References
- ↑ http://www.babynamewizard.com/namipedia/girl/emilia
- ↑ Emilia at BabyNamesHub.com
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