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Emilia

Feminine variation of Emil, Latin
"rival"
Clare Green
By Clare Green
Updated Tue Jul 01 2025

Emilia Origin and Meaning

The name Emilia is a girl's name of Spanish, Italian, Hungarian origin meaning "rival".

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.

# 43 in the US

Emilia Rank in US Top 1000

# 142 on Nameberry

Emilia Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Emilia

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Famous People Named Emilia

  • 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

The name 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"

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