Given name
Emilie
“rival”
Emilie is a variant 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
Emilie is a variant of Emily. The Roman family name behind Emily is probably connected with the Latin word for “rival,” although that derivation is uncertain.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Emilie is a variant of Emily. Emily is an English development of the Latin feminine name Aemilia.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In German usage, Emilie developed from the Latin form Aemilia. Emilie is a variant 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
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Emilie is a variant 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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Emilie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 26,661
- 7 boys · 26,654 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 660 babies
- 2025
- 170
- #1,312 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −28%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 170 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,312 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 28.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 660 in 2003. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (25). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 20,479 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.
Emilie’s family of names
In Danish usage, Emilie has a diminutive in Emmy. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Emilie shares a linguistic root with the English form Emily. In German usage, Emilie has a related form in Emilia.
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Around the world
Emilie has relatives in 9 languages.
11 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Emilyvariant · German, English
- Emiliavariant · Norwegian Bokmål, German
- Emmydiminutive · German, Danish
- Emelyvariant · German
- Emmidiminutive · German
- Emelievariant · German
- Emillielikely variant
- Millediminutive · Norwegian Nynorsk, Norwegian Bokmål
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Emiliyaequivalent
- Aemiliaroot · Latin
- Emilienneequivalent
- Эмилияequivalent
- Emilíaequivalent
- Émiliecognate · French
- Emíliaequivalent
- Émilienneequivalent
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People named Emilie
- Emilie de RavinAustralian actress (born 1981)
- Emilie AutumnAmerican musicianborn 1979
- Emilie Louise FlögeAustrian designer and model (1874–1952)
- Emilie SchindlerSudetenland-German who helped save lives during the Holocaust, wife of Oskar Schindler (1907-2001)
- Emilie HaaviNorwegian footballerborn 1992
- Emmy DestinnCzech operatic soprano with a strong and soaring lyric-playwright voice (1878-1930)
- Emilie Flygare-CarlénSwedish novelist (1807-1892)
- Emilie Hegh ArntzenNorwegian handball playerborn 1994
- Emilie MayerGerman composer (1812-1883)
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