Given name
Émilie
“rival”
Émilie is a form of Emily. The Roman family name behind Emily is probably connected with the Latin word for “rival,” although that derivation is uncertain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Émilie is a form of Emily. The Roman family name behind Emily is probably connected with the Latin word for “rival,” although that derivation is uncertain.
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Where it comes from
Émilie is a form of Emily. Emily is an English development of the Latin feminine name Aemilia.
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How it developed
In French use, Émilie is used as a form of EMiLy. Émilie is a form of Emily. The shared background comes through Emily: Aemilia is the feminine form of Aemilius. Emily developed through a medieval version of that name; the proposed root is aemulus, “rival.”
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The story
Émilie is a form of Emily. The history of Emily gives this family its wider story. Emily was relatively uncommon in the Middle Ages and was revived in the nineteenth century. At that time, Emilia and the separately rooted Amelia were often confused, helping explain their overlapping naming histories.
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Émilie’s family of names
In French usage, Émilie has a diminutive in Emmy. Émilie shares a linguistic root with Emily. In French usage, Émilie has a conventional equivalent in the Esperanto form Emilio.
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Around the world
Émilie has relatives in 30 languages.
24 related names in 30 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 24
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Émilie
- Émilie du ChâteletEra chiná physicist, and author (1706-1749)
- Émilie DequenneBelgian actress (1981–2025)
- Émilie SimonFrench singer, songwriter and composerborn 1978
- Émilie AndéolFrench judokaborn 1987
- Émilie LoitFrench tennis playerborn 1979
- Émilie Le Pennecgymnastborn 1987
- Émilie HeymansCanadian diverborn 1981
- Émilie FerFrench canoeistborn 1983
- Émilie GomisFrench basketball player (born 1983)
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