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 [ 3 syll. e-mi-ly, em-ily ] The girl name Emily is pronounced EHMahLiy KEY. Emily has its origins in the Latin language and it is used largely in English. Derived from the word aemulus which is of the meaning 'imitating, rivaling'. Aemilia is the feminine form of the Roman family name Aemilius. In Boccaccio's Teseida delle Nozze d'Emilia (1340), Emilia is the name of the heroine. Later in the 14th century, Boccaccio's work was adapted by Chaucer in The Knight's Tale, the first of his series of The Canterbury Tales. In Chaucer's work, the name of the heroine is Emily. The name Emily was thus introduced to English speakers, but it remained rare until the Hanoverians took the British throne in the 18th century; Princess Amelia of Hanover (1711-1786) was then commonly known as Emily despite the fact that Amelia is of a different origin. Emilia, originally a Latinate form of Emily, also came to be associated with Amelia. The name Emily later saw a revival in the 19th century. In literature, it has appeared as the name of the fictional Emily Peggoty in Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield (1850). Emily is the feminine form of the Czech, English, German, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Scandinavian, and Slavic Emil. The name Emily is used to a great extent; it has 62 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name include Amalea, Amalie (used in German, Scandinavian, French, and Czech too), Ameldy, Amelia (used in Dutch, German, Italian, and Spanish too), Amella, Amilia (used in German too), Ema (used in Romanian, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, and Slavic too), Emaline, Emelia, Emelie (used in Scandinavian too), Emeline (used in French too), Emera, Emi, Emie, Emilea, Emilia (used in Hungarian, Finnish, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Scandinavian, and Spanish too), Emiline, Emille, Emlyn (used in Welsh too), Emlynn, Emlynne, Emmalee, Emmaleigh, and Emmelyne. Other English forms include the short form Em, the pet forms Emma, Emmi (used in German too), Emmie, Emmy (used in Dutch and too), Millie, and Milly, and the spelling variants Emalee, Emali, Emely, Emilee, Emiley, Emilie (used in French, Czech, German, and Scandinavian too), Emillie, Emilly, Emmelie, and Emylee. Forms of Emily used in foreign languages include the Italian Aemilia, the Scottish Aimil, the German Amilie, the Fante, Twi, and German Amma, the Irish Eimile, the Hawaiian Emalia, the Hawaiian Emele, the Slavic Emiliia, the Latvian, Lithuanian, and Slavic Emilija, the Spanish Emilita, the Slavic Emiliya, the Czech Emilka, the Portuguese and Slavic Emília, the Czech Emílie, the French Émilie, the Spanish Mema, the German Mile, the Czech Milka, the Spanish Neneca, and the Spanish Nuela. The spelling variant Emili (Hawaiian) is another foreign form. Emily is a form of the Dutch, English, German, Italian, and Spanish Amelia in the English language. Emily is very popular as a baby girl name. The name has been growing in popularity since the 1960s. Its usage peaked in 1999 with 1.365% of baby girls being named Emily. It was #1 in rank then. In 2008, it ranked at #3 with a usage of 0.838%, and it was the 2nd most popular after the English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, and Italian Emma, among all girl names in its family. It was 7.950% more popular than Emily in 2008. Baby names that sound like Emily include the English and Scandinavian Emelie, the English Emely, the English, French, German, Scandinavian, and Czech Emilie, the Czech Emílie, the English Emmalee, the English Emmelie, the French Émilie, the French Emanuelle, the Hawaiian Emele, the English Emiley, the Hawaiian Emili, the English Emilly, the English Emilyah, the English Emmaleigh, the French Emmanuelle, the English Emmylou, the English Emylee, the Italian Emanuela, the Turkish Emel, and the English Emelia. Details of famous persons named Emily: KEY: Pronunciation for Emily: EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
