Given name
Emilija
Emilija is a feminine given name. It is used in Lithuanian and Serbo-Croatian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Emilija through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 294
- 0 boys · 294 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,605 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −18%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,605 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 18.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 414 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.
Emilija’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Emilija has a conventional equivalent in the English form Emily. In Macedonian usage, Emilija is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Емилија. In Italian usage, Emilija has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Эмилия.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Emilija has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Emilija
- Emilija KokićCroatian singerborn 1968
- Emilija BaranacCanadian actressborn 1994
- Emilija RedžepiKosovar politician (* 1973)
- Emiliya DimitrovaBulgarian volleyball playerborn 1991
- Emilija PodrugCroatian basketball player (born 1979)
- Emilija ErčićSerbian handball playerborn 1962
- Emilija VileišienėLithuanian activist1861–1935
- Emilija JakšićSerbian nationalist (1924-1949)
- Emilija ŠkarnulytėLithuanian visual artist and filmmaker (born 1987)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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