Aemilius as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Aemilius

What is the meaning of the name Aemilius ?

The baby name Aemilius is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced Classical Latin: /aiˈmi.li.us/; Ecclesiastical/English: /əˈmɪliəs/ (uh-MIL-ee-uhs).

Aemilius is Latin in Origin.

Aemilius is a Latin masculine name traceable to the Roman nomen Aemilius of the distinguished gens Aemilia. Though originally a hereditary family name rather than a personal praenomen, it later entered given-name use. Its meaning is commonly connected to Latin aemulus, “rival; emulating,” conveying the sense of striving, zeal, and friendly competition.

In antiquity it was borne by figures such as the general Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, and in Christian tradition the Latinized Aemilius/Emilius appears in martyrologies. Humanist revival in the Renaissance reintroduced Aemilius as a learned given name; the Neo-Latin form Emilius circulated in Germanic and Scandinavian contexts in the 17th–19th centuries. Related and derivative forms include Emilius, Emil, Émile, Emilio, and Emilian/Emilianus; feminine counterparts are Aemilia, Emilia, Emilie/Émilie. Today Aemilius is rare in English, with Emil and Emilio the more common cognates.

⚙ Aemilius is about as rare as a name gets. In all, it appears just 3 times, across 2 countries.