Emily name meaning, origin, famous people, and graphic designs

Name: Emily

Pronunciation: e-mi-ly

Origin: Latin, Roman

Meaning: Rival; Laborious; Eager

Gender: girl’s name, feminine given name

Story of Emily name 🔗

Emily is a girl’s name of Latin origin. Derived from the Roman namesake “Aemilia”, it has several meanings, including “rival”, “laborious”, and “eager”. Emily is a popular choice for girls worldwide and regularly features among the top-ranked names. Originally used in the 18th century, it is an enduring classic that offers numerous diminutives such as “Em” and “Milly”. If you want to inspire baby to rise to life’s challenges with diligence and enthusiasm, Emily is an excellent choice for your little one.

Name variants 🔗

Alternate forms include:

• Aemilia (Latin)
• Aemiliana (Latin)
• Aemilianus (Latin)
• Aemilius (Latin)
• Aimil (Scottish Gaelic)
• Aimilios (Greek)
• Aimilia (Greek)
• Ái My (Vietnamese)
• Amilia (English)
• Eemeli (Finnish)
• Eemi (Finnish)
• Eemil (Finnish)
• Eimíle (Irish)
• Emalee (English)
• Emelie (Swedish)
• Emiel (Dutch)
• Emily (English)
• Emil (Bulgarian), (Croatian), (Czech), (Danish), (English), (German), (Hungarian), (Icelandic), (Indonesian), (Macedonian), (Norwegian), (Polish), (Romanian), (Russian), (Serbian), (Slovak), (Slovene), (Swedish)
• Émile (French)
• Emilee (English)
• Emili (Catalan)
• Emili (Hebrew), (Hungarian)
• Emília (Hungarian), (Portuguese), (Slovak)
• Emilía (Icelandic)
• Emilia (Bulgarian), (Danish), (English), (Finnish), (German), (Indonesian), (Italian), (Norwegian), (Polish), (Romanian), (Spanish), (Swedish)
• Emilian (Polish), (Romanian)
• Emiliana (Italian), Indonesian, (Portuguese), (Spanish)
• Emiliano (Italian), (Spanish)
• Émilie (French)
• Emílie (Czech)
• Emilie (Danish), (German), (Norwegian), (Swedish)
• Émilien (French)
• Émilienne (French)
• Emīlija (Latvian)
• Emilija (Croatian), (Lithuanian), (Macedonian), (Serbian), (Slovene)
• Emílio (Portuguese)
• Emilio (Italian), (Spanish)
• Emilios (Greek)
• Emilis (Lithuanian)
• Emiliya (Bulgarian)
• Emīlija (Latvian)
• Emlyn (Welsh)
• Emmi (Finnish)
• Emmie (English)
• Emmy (English), (French), (Indonesian)
• Emiri/えみり(Japanese)
• Emy (French), (Indonesian)
• Milja (Finnish)
• Mille (Danish), (Norwegian), (Swedish)
• Millie (English)
• Milly (English), (Indonesian), (Norwegian), (Swedish)
• Yemelyan (Russian)

Common Nicknames for Emily 🔗

• Em
• Emmy
• Millie
• Emme
• Emmie

Graphic designs for Emily 🔗

The given name “Emily” is formed using beautiful roses and flowers:

People with the name 🔗

• Emily Ying Yang Chan (born 1974), Hong Kong SAR academic
• Emily Hendree Stewart Park (1848-1910), president, Washington Seminary (Atlanta)
• Emily Wick (1921–2013), American chemist at MIT
• Emily Barclay (born 1984), New Zealand actress
• Emily Beecham (born 1984), English actress
• Emily Blunt (born 1983), English actress
• Emily Booth (born 1976), English actress and TV presenter
• Emily Browning (born 1988), Australian actress
• Emily Burnett (born 1996), Welsh actress
• Emily Coutts (born 1989), Canadian actress
• Emily Deschanel (born 1976), American actress
• Emily Gimmel (born 1984), American journalist and TV personality
• Emily Hampshire (born 1981), Canadian actress
• Emily Joyce (born 1969), British actress
• Emily Kagan (born 1981), American mixed martial artist
• Emily Kinney (born 1985), American actress, singer, and songwriter
• Emily Lloyd (born 1970), British actress
• Emily Lloyd-Saini, British actress, broadcaster, writer and comedian
• Emily Mortimer (born 1971), English actress
• Emily Osment (born 1992), American actress and singer, best known for playing a character in Hannah Montana
• Emily Perkins (born 1977), Canadian actress
• Emily Procter (born 1968), American actress
• Emily Ratajkowski (born 1991), American actress
• Emily Bett Rickards (born 1991), Canadian actress
• Emily Robins (born 1989), New Zealand actress
• Emily Rose (actress) (born 1981), American actress
• Emily Rutherfurd (born 1974), American actress
• Emily or Emma Stone (born 1988), American actress
• Emily Vacchiano, American actress
• Emily VanCamp (born 1986), Canadian actress
• Emily Watson (born 1967), English actress
• Emily Armstrong (born 1986), American singer
• Emily Bauer (born 1981), American singer
• Emily Haines (born 1974), Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter
• Emily Magee (born 1968), American soprano
• Emily Nokes, American writer, artist, music critic and musician
• Emily Remler (1957–1990), American jazz guitarist
• Emily Robison (born 1972), American songwriter
• Emily Saliers (born 1963), American singer-songwriter
• Emily Smith (singer) (born 1981), Scottish folk singer
• Emily Wong (born 1990), Chinese singer and actress
• Emily Cross (born 1986), American foil fencer
• Emily Csikos (born 1988), Canadian water polo player
• Emily van Egmond (born 1993), Australian footballer
• Emily Gielnik (born 1992), Australian footballer
• Emily Gillam (born 1977), New Zealand field hockey player
• Emily Hallifax (born 2005), French diver
• Emily Hughes (born 1989), American figure skater
• Emily Jacobson (born 1985), American saber fencer
• Emily Kukors (born 1985), American swimmer
• Emily LeSueur (born 1972), American synchronized swimmer
• Emily Oberst (born 1998), American wheelchair basketball player
• Emily Samuelson (born 1990), American figure skater
• Emily Seebohm (born 1992), Australian swimmer
• Emily Silver (born 1985), American swimmer
• Emily Hood Westacott (1910–1980), Australian tennis player
• Emily Westwood (born 1984), English football player
• Emily Whitehead (born 2000), Australian artistic gymnast
• Emily Barton (born 1969), American novelist
• Emily Bazelon (born 1971), American journalist
• Emily Lucas Blackall (1832–1892), American writer, philanthropist
• Emily St. John Bouton (1837–1927), American educator, journalist, author, editor
• Emily Brontë (1818–1848), English novelist, author of Wuthering Heights
• Emily Carr (1871–1945), Canadian artist and writer
• Emily Thornton Charles (1845–1895), American poet, journalist, suffragist, newspaper founder
• Emily Dickinson (1830–1886), American poet
• Emily Steele Elliott (1836–1897), English religious writer
• Emily Gerard (1849–1905), Scottish author
• Emily Goodrich Smith (1830–1903), American newspaper correspondent
• Emily Gravett (born 1972), British children’s author and illustrator
• Emily Lowe (died 1882), British travel writer
• Emily Arnold McCully (born 1939), American children’s author
• Emily Julian McManus (1865–1918), Canadian poet, author, and educator
• Emily Mkamanga (1949–2021), Malawian writer and social commentator
• Emily Cheney Neville (1919–1997), American author
• Emily Sullivan Oakey (1829–1883), American educator, author, poet, hymnist
• Emily Rebecca Page (1823–1908), American poet
• Emily Augusta Patmore (1824–1862),British author, Pre-Raphaelite muse, inspiration for poem The Angel in the House.
• Emily Perkins (novelist) (born 1970), New Zealand author
• Emily Jane Pfeiffer (1827–1890), Welsh poet, philanthropist
• Emily Post (1872–1960), American author on etiquette
• Emily Prager, American author and journalist
• Emily Lee Sherwood Ragan (1839–1916), American author, journalist
• Emily Smith (author), British children’s author
• Emily Elizabeth Veeder (1841–1898), American author
• Emily Ayckbowm (1836–1900), English founder of the Community of the Sisters of the Church
• Emily Bisharat (died 2004), Jordanian suffragette, philanthropist, and the first female lawyer in the Kingdom of Jordan
• Emily Blackwell (1826–1910), American academic
• Emily Blathwayt (1852–1940), British suffragette, mother of Mary Blathwayt
• Emily Rose Bleby (1849–1917), Jamaican-born British temperance reformer
• Emily Brooke (born 1985), British inventor
• Emmelia of Caesarea or Saint Emily (died 375), mother of Basil the Great
• Emily Callaway (fl.2022), American politician
• Emily Parmely Collins (1814–1909), American suffragist, activist, writer
• Emily M. J. Cooley (1831–1917), American religious and temperance leader
• Emily Davison (1872–1913), British suffragette
• Emily Dievendorf, American politician
• Emily Donelson (1807–1836), daughter-in-law of and First Lady under Andrew Jackson
• Emily Greene Balch (1867–1961), American academic, pacifist and Nobel Laureate
• Emily Harris, terrorist with the Symbionese Liberation Army
• Emily Hobhouse (1860–1926), British welfare campaigner
• Emily Caroline Chandler Hodgin (1838–1907), American temperance reformer
• Emily Kame Kngwarreye (1910–1996), indigenous Australian artist
• Emily L. Loveridge (1860–1941), American nurse, educator, school founder, and hospital superintendent
• Emily Waita Macharia (born 1979), Kenyan public relations officer
• Emily Nelson Ritchie McLean (1859–1916), American civic leader
• Emily Morse (born 1970), American sex therapist, author, and media personality
• Emily Murphy (1868–1933), Canadian feminist
• Emily Pankhurst (1858–1928), English political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement
• Emily Austin Perry (1795–1851), Texas historical figure
• Emily McGary Selinger (1848–1927), American painter, writer, poet, educator
• Emily Shenkl (1910–1996), a leader in the Indian Independence Movement
• Emily Sherwin, American law professor
• Emily Pitts Stevens (1841–1906), American educator, activist, editor, publisher
• Emily Taylor (1795–1872), English schoolmistress, poet, children’s writer, hymnwriter
• Emily Vontz (born 2000), German politician
• Emily Waheneka (1919–2008), Native American artist
• Emily Wong (born 1992), known as Emi Wong, Hong Kong YouTuber who makes fitness, lifestyle, and travelling videos
• Emily Kathryn Wyant (1897–1942), American mathematician
• Emily Young (born 1951), British sculptor
• Emily Young (film director) (born 1970), English film director and screenwriter
• Sagufta Yasmin Emily, Bangladesh Awami League politician and Member of Parliament

Similar & related names 🔗

• Amelia
• Emilia
• Emil
• Emma
• Emilie
• Emmy
• Millie
• Milly
• Emiri
• Emilie
• Emilee
• Emelie
• Emmalee
• Emelyn
• Emeline
• Maelee
• Emalee
• Emmi
• Emmylou
• Emely
• Emmie
• Molly
• Arely
• Ellie
• Amelie
• Elly
• Emi
• Millie
• Elli