Aemilia
About Aemilia
Aemilia is the Ancient Roman spelling of the popular Emilia and family. With Emilia and Amelia so popular, this version, while authentic and attractive, will only create confusion without adding real distinction.
Pronounced eye-MIL-yuh.
As of October 2026, Aemilia ranked #11962 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #6180 in 2019.
Editor's take: The name Aemilia is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "rival".
Popularity & trends
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Aemilia on lists
Famous Aemilias
- Aemilia Clara
wife of Roman Emperor Quintus Petronius Didius Severus
- Aemilia Tertia aka Aemilia Paulla
wife of Scipio Africanus aka Scipio the elder, Roman general and statesman
- Aemilia Lepida
several ancient Roman women of the gens Aemilia and the branch Lepidus, including the fiancee of Emperor Claudius
- Aemilia Bassano aka Emilia Lanyer
first professional woman poet in England
- Aemilia Scaura
daughter of Marcus Aemilius Scaurus and Caecilia Metella Dalmatica and second wife of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus aka Pompey the Great
Aemilia in pop culture
- Aemilia
daughter of Aeneas and Lavinia in Roman legend, who consorted with Ares, giving birth to Romulus, the founder of Rome
- Aemilia
character in G. A. Henty's, Beric the Briton