Given name
Emiliana
Emiliana is a feminine given name from Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. It is used in English, Portuguese, Polish, Catalan, and 1 other language.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Emiliana comes from Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Emiliana, built from English Emilia//Emily + -ana.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Emiliana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,684
- 0 boys · 3,684 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 344 babies
- 2025
- 344
- #789 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +36%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 344 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 789 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 36.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (74). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,852 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.
Emiliana’s family of names
Emiliana may belong to the same name family as EMILIANNA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Emiliana
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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