Emilia
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About Emilia
Emilia is the feminine form of the Roman clan name Aemilius, which derived from the Latin aemulus, meaning "rival." In Shakespeare’s Othello, Emilia is the wife of Iago and confidante of Desdemona. Amelia, although homonymous, has a different root and meaning.
Emilia is rising as an Emily/Amelia alternative. In modern pop culture, Emilia is the name of the main character in The Princess Diaries and the first name of Game of Thrones and Solo star Emilia Clarke.
Emilia is currently enjoying high popularity across some diverse cultures—it's near the top of the charts in Germany, Finland, Austria, Poland and Chile, and is favored in both English- and Spanish-speaking countries.
Pronounced eh-MIL-yuh.
As of October 2026, Emilia ranked #45 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #40 in 2021, Nameberry popularity #174.
Editor's take: The name Emilia is a girl's name of Spanish, Italian, Hungarian origin meaning "rival".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #164 | 2,003 | 1,121.3 |
| 2015 | #145 | 2,225 | 1,246.4 |
| 2016 | #103 | 3,033 | 1,711.6 |
| 2017 | #77 | 3,595 | 2,082.3 |
| 2018 | #58 | 4,039 | 2,374.4 |
| 2019 | #44 | 4,773 | 2,843.8 |
| 2020 | #41 | 4,782 | 2,958.2 |
| 2021 | #40 | 4,851 | 2,956.4 |
| 2022 | #44 | 4,684 | 2,855.9 |
| 2023 | #42 | 4,684 | 2,919.1 |
| 2024 | #43 | 4,634 | 2,860.2 |
| 2025 | #45 | 4,677 | 2,909.9 |
World rankings
Similar names
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Emilia on lists
Famous Emilias
- Emilia Isobel Euphemia Rose Clarke
English actress
- Emilia Rose Elizabeth Fox
English actress
- Emilia Lanier (born Aemilia Bassano)
English poet
- Emilia Plater
Polish,Lithuanian revolutionary
- Emilia Rydberg
Swedish singer
- Emilia Pikkarainen
Finnish Olympic swimmer
- Emilia Anna Kaczorowska
Wojtyła, mother of Pope John Paul II
- Emilia Krakowska
Polish actress
- Emilia Szczaniecka
Polish social activist
- Emilia Merkell
model and daughter of actress Patsy Palmer
- Emilia Jones (b. 2002)
English actress; daughter of singer Aled Jones
- Emilia Lovely Gorecki (b. 2011)
daughter of singer Dev and Johnny Gorecki
- Emilia Van Der Beek (b. 2016)
daughter of American actor James Van Der Beek
- Emilia Tommasina Saccone
Joly, daughter of YouTube vloggers the SacconeJolys
- Emilia Giovanna Tucci (b. 2018)
daughter of actor Stanley Tucci
Emilia in pop culture
- Emilia
wife to Iago in Shakespeare's "Othello"
- Emilia
character in Boccaccio's "The Decameron"
- Emilia Greenleaf
main character in "The Other Woman"
- Emilia Mendoza
character in "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
- Emilia
Mrs Orange's baby, with eight teeth, in Dickens's short story "A Holiday Romance" (1868)
- Emilia
character in "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
- Emilia
character in "Nad Niemnem" by Eliza Orzeszkowa
- Emilka (Emilia)
character in "Noce I Dnie" (Nights And Days)" by Maria Dąbrowska
- Emilia
character in "The Magician From Lublin" by Isaac Bashevis Singer
- Emilia
character in light novel "rezero: starting life in another world"
- Emilia Ricoletti
character on TV's Sherlock
- Emilia the Hero (Emi Yusa)
character in anime The Devil is a Part,Timer!
- Emília
character of "Sitio do Pica,Pau Amarelo" by Monteiro Lobato
- Emilia
character in the Disney Channel show "Soy Luna"