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The baby name Emily is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈɛməli/ (EM-uh-lee); sometimes /ˈɛmɪli/ (EM-i-lee).

Emily is Latin in Origin.

Gender: Female
Syllables: 3.0
Origin: Latin
Pronunciation: /ˈɛməli/ (EM-uh-lee); sometimes /ˈɛmɪli/ (EM-i-lee)

What is the meaning of the name Emily ?

The baby name Emily is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈɛməli/ (EM-uh-lee); sometimes /ˈɛmɪli/ (EM-i-lee).

Emily is Latin in Origin.

Emily is the English form of Latin Aemilia, the feminine of the Roman family name Aemilius, ultimately linked to aemulus “rival, emulating” and sometimes glossed as “eager to excel.” Through Old French Émilie it entered English, later conflating at times with Amelia, which explains the frequent but secondary gloss “industrious.” Related forms include French Émilie, German/Scandinavian Emilie, Italian/Spanish/Polish Emilia, and the variants Emelie, Emelia, and Emmalee; masculine counterparts are Emil, Emilio, and Émile.

Usage surfaced in Britain in the 18th century and spread widely in the 19th, buoyed by figures such as Emily Brontë and Emily Dickinson. In the United States it dominated the late 20th century, ranking No. 1 from 1996 to 2007 and remaining a modern classic across the English-speaking world. Common diminutives are Em and Emmy/Emmie, with occasional Millie; cognates travel well and keep the elegant, timeless sound.

Emily has the following similar or variant Names

Famous people with the name Emily

Emily Blunt Actor · Born 1983 · United States Emily Blunt is a talented actor from the United States, best known for her roles in films like 'The Devil Wears Prada', 'A Quiet Place', and 'Edge of Tomorrow'. She has captivated audiences with her versatile performances and strong screen presence. Emily Watson Actor · Born 1967 · United Kingdom Emily Watson is a talented actor from the United Kingdom, best known for her roles in films like 'Breaking the Waves' and 'Hilary and Jackie'. She has captivated audiences with her powerful performances and has received numerous accolades for her work in both film and television. Emily Ratajkowski Actor · Born 1991 · United States Emily Ratajkowski is an American model and actress who gained fame for her role in the music video for Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines'. She has also appeared in films like 'Gone Girl' and 'I Feel Pretty'.
Emily Deschanel Actor · Born 1976 · United States Emily Deschanel is best known for her role as Dr. Temperance Brennan on the television series 'Bones'. She starred in the show from 2005 to 2017, captivating audiences with her portrayal of the forensic anthropologist. Emily is also recognized for her work in films like 'Cold Mountain' and 'Glory Road'. Emily Osment Actor · Born 1992 · United States Emily Osment is an American actor best known for her role as Lilly Truscott on the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana. She also starred in the film Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams and has appeared in various other television shows and movies. Born in 1992, Emily has also pursued a career in music alongside her acting endeavors. Emily Browning Actor · Born 1988 · Australia Emily Browning is an Australian actor best known for her role as Babydoll in the film 'Sucker Punch'. She also starred in 'Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events' and 'Sleeping Beauty'.

Celebrity babies named Emily

Name Last Name(s) Mother Mother famous for Fame Level Father Father famous for Fame Level
Emily McEnroe Tatum O'Neal television actor ★★★★★ John McEnroe tennis player ★★★★★
Emily Estefan Gloria Estefan film director ★★★★★ Emilio Estefan record producer ★★★★★
Emily Dreyfuss Richard Dreyfuss television actor ★★★★★

Emily – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
Ireland Girls 2025 #1 — 874
Germany Girls 2025 #1 — 411
FJ 0 #5 2 374
KH Girls 0 #6 1 148
FJ Girls 0 #8 2 583
New Zealand Girls 2010 #9 232 98
MO 0 #12 41 2,706
TW Girls 0 #13 629 8,139
KR Girls 0 #15 1 572
TW 0 #15 95 4,523
BW 0 #18 2 960
SV Girls 0 #18 1 458
CN Girls 0 #19 1,110 8,829
MV 0 #19 1 644
NA 0 #21 13 2,537
MO Girls 0 #24 420 7,056
United States Girls 2024 #25 5,955 8,487
HK 0 #27 636 8,483
BN 0 #29 4 2,297
DJ Girls 0 #29 1 488
HK Girls 0 #30 3,648 16,104
MV Girls 0 #32 4 2,021
IT Girls 2024 #34 958 47
HN Girls 0 #34 5 884
NA Girls 0 #34 343 7,146
TM Girls 0 #35 1 574
Canada Girls 2024 #36 521 2,795
EE 0 #37 1 1,051
CY 0 #39 21 1,632
MT 0 #40 4 1,767
Switzerland Girls 2024 #43 118 1,786
Austria Girls 2024 #45 170 60
CY Girls 0 #45 91 3,755
CN 0 #49 37 3,857
SG Girls 0 #52 1,718 18,916
CM 0 #53 4 2,592
PR 0 #53 3 1,497
Norway Girls 2025 #54 91 453
LU 0 #65 2 2,830
BN Girls 0 #68 39 5,459
IN 0 #70 2 2,963
PH 0 #71 26 5,607
AO 0 #72 6 2,729
JP 0 #72 6 4,057
AZ Girls 0 #73 3 1,051
AL 0 #74 3 2,372
BG 0 #81 2 1,799
BW Girls 0 #81 75 4,216
PH Girls 0 #86 432 13,098
CR 0 #87 72 5,526
SG 0 #88 217 11,010
EC Girls 0 #90 200 3,650
JM 0 #90 4 3,714
MT Girls 0 #90 63 3,773
MD Girls 0 #92 1 865
ID Girls 0 #95 8 3,319
EC 0 #99 17 2,502
OM 0 #99 18 6,215
QA 0 #100 7 7,011
SD 0 #100 3 2,130
GE Girls 0 #103 6 1,564
MY Girls 0 #106 2,938 24,821
PA 0 #106 25 3,797
PA Girls 0 #109 699 9,861
GE Boys 0 #110 1 2,055
CR Girls 0 #113 949 11,342
HU 0 #114 2 1,675
MY 0 #117 244 12,352
GR 0 #118 17 3,911
KW 0 #118 4 5,216
EE Girls 0 #123 16 1,888
PR Girls 0 #123 40 3,171
Belgium Girls 2024 #124 62 424
ZA Girls 0 #127 4,380 25,928
IQ 0 #133 1 3,533
RS Girls 0 #135 3 1,651
JO 0 #139 2 2,158
AE 0 #143 35 10,220
Sweden Girls 2022 #146 34 1,568
QA Girls 0 #146 179 15,378
KW Girls 0 #149 458 19,177
LT Boys 0 #151 1 2,166
JP Girls 0 #157 93 6,592
LU Girls 0 #162 24 4,850
UY 0 #167 11 2,477
SI Girls 0 #169 9 2,769
HR 0 #176 6 2,081
PR Boys 0 #178 1 2,508
GR Girls 0 #179 64 6,293
MT Boys 0 #179 1 4,064
CZ 0 #181 6 3,154
GT Girls 0 #181 474 7,500
AO Girls 0 #184 26 4,575
DK 0 #185 19 5,198
RU 0 #186 9 3,641
AR 0 #190 4 2,915
AE Girls 0 #191 427 20,968
BG Girls 0 #193 31 3,559
AL Girls 0 #194 29 4,141
LT Girls 0 #194 7 1,904
PS 0 #195 24 5,692
Austria 0 #200 14 850
BR Girls 0 #200 2,412 12,708
DK Girls 0 #200 126 7,429
GH Girls 0 #201 143 6,973
BO Girls 0 #206 723 9,488
CO Girls 0 #209 3,996 16,140
PL 0 #210 3 2,600
GH 0 #215 29 5,396
HU Girls 0 #218 8 3,308
BG Boys 0 #220 1 3,850
OM Girls 0 #221 179 15,987
JM Girls 0 #222 38 7,507
IR 0 #229 3 4,221
IL 0 #230 45 6,291
MO Boys 0 #233 2 5,842
NG Girls 0 #233 1,255 15,093
BD 0 #235 7 5,992
PE 0 #235 76 6,350
PT 0 #243 8 4,161
EC Boys 0 #245 2 3,322
GT 0 #245 70 5,948
NG 0 #245 20 5,926
AO Boys 0 #246 4 5,568
BR 0 #247 100 5,969
NA Boys 0 #247 7 6,830
HR Girls 0 #253 37 3,687
TW Boys 0 #255 2 7,111
SA 0 #259 37 10,560
Germany Girls 0 #271 1,123 4,949
GR Boys 0 #273 1 6,912
PE Girls 0 #273 1,605 14,861
AF Boys 0 #274 1 3,535
CL Girls 0 #274 1,233 14,098
Austria Girls 0 #278 149 1,885
JO Girls 0 #279 47 7,570
KZ Girls 0 #281 40 5,862
Canada Boys 2001 #286 5 1,916
BO 0 #286 96 6,868
PS Girls 0 #286 275 10,981
IL Girls 0 #289 441 11,648
MX Girls 0 #289 3,014 17,781
RU Girls 0 #291 249 11,913
JM Boys 0 #293 1 6,876
KZ Boys 0 #295 2 6,578
CZ Girls 0 #298 44 5,378
NL 0 #298 94 2,481
France Girls 2021 #300 108 3,185
AL Boys 0 #300 4 5,122
IT Girls 0 #302 4,874 9,415
CZ Boys 0 #305 1 6,530
MU Girls 0 #307 45 8,539
SD Girls 0 #312 34 7,678
PL Girls 0 #317 38 5,096
SA Girls 0 #320 827 25,931
ZA 0 #320 128 14,421
CN Boys 0 #327 5 9,639
Finland Girls 0 #327 65 1,368
MX 0 #333 81 8,339
UY Girls 0 #336 199 6,731
PL Boys 0 #340 1 6,459
GH Boys 0 #354 8 8,138
NL Girls 0 #354 955 5,933
BD Girls 0 #359 28 8,413
YE 0 #359 23 8,639
CL 0 #368 44 6,867
Germany 0 #369 70 2,542
CO 0 #372 110 7,768
Finland Girls 2026 #373 644 3,895
PT Girls 0 #383 69 7,952
EG 0 #384 17 6,387
JO Boys 0 #389 1 7,057
CM Girls 0 #399 144 11,671
IT 0 #402 384 4,183
PH Boys 0 #405 4 11,440
UY Boys 0 #409 5 5,922
BH 0 #411 143 17,937
Spain 0 #412 41 2,326
IQ Girls 0 #432 73 11,303
AR Girls 0 #441 166 8,289
AR Boys 0 #458 10 7,628
SD Boys 0 #465 2 10,523
IR Girls 0 #476 55 8,334
GT Boys 0 #493 7 7,625
PA Boys 0 #497 9 9,305
Spain Girls 0 #498 630 5,561
CR Boys 0 #505 6 10,188
LY 0 #507 29 12,703
HK Boys 0 #509 19 12,905
RU Boys 0 #520 7 12,621
PS Boys 0 #556 6 10,655
IN Girls 0 #567 65 13,121
CM Boys 0 #571 5 12,054
BO Boys 0 #579 14 9,244
LB 0 #600 59 13,263
BD Boys 0 #604 2 10,045
IL Boys 0 #623 3 10,983
CL Boys 0 #646 20 13,390
SY 0 #647 82 11,684
EG Girls 0 #684 288 14,742
SG Boys 0 #686 12 17,960
IQ Boys 0 #693 5 13,071
BR Boys 0 #717 35 12,213
QA Boys 0 #740 4 18,093
KW Boys 0 #759 11 18,755
TN 0 #773 57 13,765
CO Boys 0 #828 93 15,656
DZ 0 #832 354 20,130
PE Boys 0 #860 19 14,506
EG Boys 0 #873 14 15,035
United States Boys 2024 #883 10 7,044
OM Boys 0 #914 5 17,948
NG Boys 0 #917 35 16,906
Spain Boys 0 #921 10 5,610
MX Boys 0 #925 58 16,355
MA 0 #931 198 20,986
Germany Boys 0 #942 11 5,697
IN Boys 0 #1,037 3 16,750
ZA Boys 0 #1,071 108 25,619
MY Boys 0 #1,077 35 25,439
TR 0 #1,104 108 19,440
AE Boys 0 #1,136 8 22,615
IT Boys 0 #1,388 84 10,046
SA Boys 0 #1,585 30 28,008

Emily is popular in 99 countries — most recent births per country:

Ireland
France
Scotland, United Kingdom
Norway
Canada

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People also ask about Emily

Emily is predominantly a girl's name.
Emily is a 3 syllable name, pronounced /ˈɛməli/ (EM-uh-lee); sometimes /ˈɛmɪli/ (EM-i-lee).
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Emilie, Emilia, Emelie, Emely, Emilee and Emmalee.
Across languages, Emily has these equivalents: Aemilia (Latin), Émilie (French), Emilia (Italian, Spanish, Polish), Emelie (Swedish), Emília (Portuguese, Hungarian), and 1 more.
Yes, very popular — Emily ranked #1 in Ireland in 2025, and appears in official birth registries across 15 countries.
Emily ranks highest in Ireland (#1 in 2025).
Emily's popularity is holding steady. It moved from #1 in 2015 to #1 in 2025 in Ireland.
Yes — 22 notable people named Emily are in our database, including Emily Blunt (Actor), Emily Watson (Actor), Emily Ratajkowski (Actor).
Yes — at least 3 celebrity couples have chosen Emily for their child, including Tatum O'Neal and John McEnroe.