Meaning and origin of Emily

Gender:Female
Origin:Latin
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Meaning:Rival Additional Information:
From a medieval form of the Latin name Aemilia, the feminine version of the old Roman family name Aemilius (probably from aemulus 'rival'). It was not common in the Middle Ages, but underwent a revival in the 19th century and is today an very common name. Emily Bronte, a 19th century poet and novelist, provides the best known association for this name.
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Meaning and origin of Emily

Origin: French
Meaning: Feminine form of Emile: Industrious. From the Roman family name Aemilius. Famous bearer: French writer Emile Zola.
Origin: German
Meaning: Feminine form of Emil: From the Roman family name Aemilius, meaning 'industrious.' Also a variant of Amelia: From the Old German Amalburga, meaning labour and the Latin Aemilia.
Origin: Latin
Meaning: Industrious; striving. From the name Aemilia, the feminine form of the Roman family name Aemilius. Also a variant of Amelia.
Origin: Teutonic
Meaning: Hard working.
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Meaning and origin of Emily

The girl's name Emily \e-mi-ly\ is pronounced EM-i-ee. It is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "industrious, striving".
Emily has 5 variant forms: Amelia, Emelia, Emilee, Emilia and Emilie.
Baby names that sound like Emily are Amaly, Amilya and Amil.
Emily is a very popular female first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census).
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Meaning and origin of Emily

Emily
Teutonic
Female
Industrious

Emily is a English girl name.
The meaning of the name is `Rival`.
Where is it used?
The name Emily is mainly used in English.
How do they say it elsewhere?
Emilie (In German)
Émilie (In French)
Emilee (In English (Modern))
Emely (In English)
If it's too long people might use
In English: Em
See also
In Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and in Romanian: Emilia
In Italian, Spanish and in Portuguese: Emilio
In French: Émile
In English and in French: Emma
In English: Emmy (F)

Statistics
The name Emily was given to 25494 babies in the USA in 2004. Emily was the number 3 name that year. In 2005, the name was given to 24654 babies making it the number 1 name that year.
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