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 [ 2 syll. e-mil, em-il ] The boy name Emil is pronounced as ehMIYL KEY. Emil is used predominantly in the Czech, English, German, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Scandinavian, and Slavic languages, and its origin is Latin. From the element 'aemulus' meaning imitating, rivaling. The first name is derived from the Roman family name Aemilius (Latin). The name Emily (English) is the female version of Emil. Emil has 19 variants that are used in both English and other languages. Variants of Emil used in English include Emilian (used in Polish and Romanian as well) and Milo (used in Czech, Spanish, and Slavic as well). Foreign variants of Emil include Aemilio (Spanish), Amal (Hebrew and German), Eemeli (Finnish), Eemil (Finnish), Emielo (Spanish), Emile (Dutch and French), Emilek (Czech), Emileo (Spanish), Emiliano (Spanish and Italian), Emilio (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Emils (Latvian), Émile (French), Hemilio (Spanish), Imelio (Spanish), Melo (Spanish), Milko (Czech), and Miyo (Spanish). Emil is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1901, 0.105% of baby boys were given the name Emil. It ranked at #136 then. The baby name has since markedly fallen in popularity, and is currently of irregular use. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Emil, Emilio (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish) was the most widely used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Emil include Emile (Dutch and French), Enli, Émile (French), Emanual (English), Emielo (Spanish), Emileo (Spanish), Emmanouil (Greek), Emmanuel (French and German), Emmanuil (Russian), and Emanuele (Italian). KEY: Pronunciation for Emil: EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
