Given name & surname
Emili
Emili is a masculine given name. It is used in Italian, Catalan, and Occitan.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Emili isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Emili through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,923
- 0 boys · 1,923 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 112 babies
- 2025
- 34
- #4,209 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +21%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 34 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,209 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 21.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 112 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,902 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Emili’s family of names
In Catalan usage, Emili has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Emilio. In Catalan usage, Emili has a conventional equivalent in the English form Emil. In Catalan usage, Emili has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Emilian.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Emili has relatives in 4 languages.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
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 Emili
- Emili Sagi-Barbaassociation football player (1900–1951)
- Emili GarcíaAndorran footballerborn 1989
- Emili Rosales i CastellàCatalan editor and writerborn 1968
- Emili TeixidorSpanish writer (1932–2012)
- Emili VicenteSpanish association football player and manager (1965-2017)
- Emilio Grau SalaSpanish artist (1911-1975)
- Emili GuanyaventsCatalan typographer, poet and translator (1860-1941)
- Emili Salut PayàSpanish musician1918–1982
- Emili Huguet i SerratacóCatalan botanist (1871-1951)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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