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 [ 4 syll. e-mi-lia, em-il-ia ] The girl name Emilia is pronounced ahMIYLiyah KEY. Emilia has its origins in the Latin language. It is used largely in English, Hungarian, Finnish, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Scandinavian, and Spanish. Derived from the word aemulus which is of the meaning 'imitating, rivaling'. An old form of the name is Aemilia (Latin). The name was first used by English speakers in the medieval period. It has appeared in Shakespeare's works as the name of Iago's wife in Othello (1603) and Hermione's maid in The Winter's Tale (1611). Emilia is the feminine equivalent of the Spanish and Italian Emiliano. Forms of Emilia include the English and German Amilia, the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Emiliana, the English Emilyah, and the English and Spanish Melia. Emilia is a Finnish, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Scandinavian, and Spanish form of the English Emily. Emilia is also an English and Hungarian form of the Dutch, English, German, Italian, and Spanish Amelia. Other variants of the name include the English short form Em and the Czech and Slavic short form Mila. Emilia is rather popular as a baby girl name, and it is also regarded as rather trendy. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1980s. At the recent peak of its usage in 2008, 0.039% of baby girls were named Emilia. It had a ranking of #401 then. Out of all girl names in its family, Emilia was the 3rd most popular after the English Emily and the Dutch, English, German, Italian, and Spanish Amelia in 2008. It was more widely used than Emilia by 22 times in that year. Baby names that sound like Emilia include the Portuguese and Slavic Emília, the English Amalea, the English and Russian Amaliya, the English and German Amilia, the Polish Aniela, the Romanian Ionela, the English Enola, the Urdu Amala, the English Amalee, the English Amali, the German, Scandinavian, Czech, English, Hungarian, and Italian Amalia, the German, Scandinavian, English, French, and Czech Amalie, the English Amalya, the Hungarian, Portuguese, and Slavic Amália, the Czech Amálie, the Dutch, English, German, Italian, and Spanish Amelia, the German and French Amelie, the English Amella, the English Amely, and the French Amélie. KEY: Pronunciation for Emilia: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
