Emily Forename
843rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,038,803 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Pitcairn Islands
Emily Forename Definition:
A female name. f. of Latin Aemilius, the name of a plebeian gens. Boccaccio’s use of Emilia for the heroine of his Teseide helped to bring the name into use in the later Middle Ages, and Chaucer in his Knight’s Tale englished it as Emelye.
Read More About This ForenameEmily Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 401,988 | 1:902 | 188 |
| Philippines | 99% | 120,654 | 1:879 | 164 |
| Kenya | 100% | 73,088 | 1:634 | 115 |
| England | 100% | 72,009 | 1:772 | 175 |
| Brazil | 100% | 61,682 | 1:3,473 | 495 |
| Malawi | 100% | 52,331 | 1:327 | 56 |
| South Africa | 100% | 37,124 | 1:1,469 | 216 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 26,629 | 1:6,668 | 995 |
| Canada | 100% | 24,438 | 1:1,356 | 308 |
| Australia | - | 21,676 | 1:630 | 147 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 18,764 | 1:822 | 146 |
| Tanzania | 81% | 11,479 | 1:4,599 | 766 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 10,706 | 1:2,821 | 414 |
| Uganda | 98% | 8,006 | 1:5,116 | 610 |
| Ghana | 100% | 6,630 | 1:4,070 | 547 |
| Thailand | 100% | 5,717 | 1:12,256 | 1,908 |
| China | - | 4,352 | 1:313,891 | 21,186 |
| New Zealand | - | 3,970 | 1:1,143 | 267 |
| Scotland | 100% | 3,365 | 1:1,590 | 266 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 3,294 | 1:9,244 | 1,057 |
| Wales | 100% | 3,216 | 1:962 | 230 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,798 | 1:6,041 | 870 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2,686 | 1:1,729 | 277 |
| Peru | 99% | 2,561 | 1:12,414 | 1,261 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 2,485 | 1:3,281 | 362 |
| Sudan | - | 2,181 | 1:17,335 | 1,813 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2,169 | 1:2,595 | 484 |
| Egypt | 100% | 2,039 | 1:45,072 | 2,663 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,879 | 1:1,534 | 371 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,865 | 1:16,521 | 2,245 |
| France | 100% | 1,845 | 1:36,027 | 1,274 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,652 | 1:2,149 | 265 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,608 | 1:361 | 66 |
| Zambia | - | 1,593 | 1:9,953 | 1,095 |
| Israel | 99% | 1,590 | 1:5,285 | 875 |
| Poland | 94% | 1,555 | 1:24,455 | 819 |
| DR Congo | 94% | 1,541 | 1:47,909 | 3,161 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,462 | 1:6,743 | 672 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,410 | 1:1,307 | 252 |
| Liberia | 99% | 1,386 | 1:3,183 | 433 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,375 | 1:115,972 | 7,431 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,368 | 1:70,671 | 1,727 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,351 | 1:34,441 | 1,647 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,349 | 1:5,747 | 457 |
| India | 100% | 1,323 | 1:918,275 | 61,731 |
| Mexico | 99% | 1,275 | 1:97,368 | 2,535 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,213 | 1:14,614 | 990 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1,040 | 1:93,808 | 6,821 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,001 | 1:10,421 | 1,216 |
| Fiji | - | 978 | 1:912 | 194 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 968 | 1:4,926 | 632 |
| Botswana | 100% | 913 | 1:2,393 | 429 |
| Taiwan | 81% | 866 | 1:27,448 | 4,786 |
| Czechia | 97% | 859 | 1:12,405 | 475 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 859 | 1:18,753 | 1,161 |
| Singapore | 100% | 830 | 1:7,575 | 1,381 |
| Russia | 95% | 753 | 1:191,545 | 2,888 |
| Belgium | 100% | 747 | 1:15,382 | 1,356 |
| Panama | 100% | 681 | 1:5,737 | 935 |
| Bahamas | - | 624 | 1:640 | 157 |
| Namibia | - | 624 | 1:3,853 | 619 |
| Chile | 100% | 503 | 1:35,004 | 1,481 |
| Qatar | 100% | 501 | 1:4,730 | 757 |
| Italy | 100% | 479 | 1:127,478 | 2,160 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 466 | 1:553,570 | 40,561 |
| Japan | - | 420 | 1:304,729 | 8,624 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 368 | 1:3,700 | 694 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 358 | 1:58,098 | 5,853 |
| Morocco | - | 328 | 1:104,721 | 3,418 |
| Colombia | 100% | 295 | 1:161,962 | 4,219 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 272 | 1:3,202 | 437 |
| Denmark | - | 269 | 1:21,002 | 1,217 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 221 | 1:37,165 | 1,892 |
| Vanuatu | - | 212 | 1:1,235 | 346 |
| Micronesia | - | 208 | 1:512 | 89 |
| Norway | 100% | 206 | 1:24,914 | 1,378 |
| Swaziland | - | 205 | 1:6,342 | 1,007 |
| Greece | 100% | 192 | 1:56,951 | 1,897 |
| Samoa | - | 183 | 1:1,067 | 329 |
| South Korea | - | 179 | 1:30,974 | 2,506 |
| Honduras | 100% | 172 | 1:51,264 | 2,304 |
| Portugal | - | 166 | 1:62,716 | 2,006 |
| Malta | - | 153 | 1:2,806 | 475 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 149 | 1:145,037 | 6,774 |
| Iran | 100% | 148 | 1:530,384 | 6,186 |
| Jordan | 99% | 148 | 1:59,640 | 1,662 |
| Belize | 100% | 136 | 1:2,605 | 592 |
| Bahrain | - | 133 | 1:10,140 | 1,551 |
| Guyana | 100% | 132 | 1:5,782 | 1,014 |
| Guam | - | 122 | 1:1,317 | 295 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 114 | 1:92,995 | 2,453 |
| Guernsey | - | 109 | 1:581 | 140 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 104 | 1:589 | 93 |
| Palestine | 96% | 102 | 1:44,608 | 1,434 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 99 | 1:72,242 | 6,147 |
| Jersey | - | 98 | 1:1,020 | 220 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 95 | 1:21,474 | 2,675 |
| Finland | 100% | 94 | 1:58,332 | 1,841 |
| Vietnam | - | 87 | 1:1,064,633 | 2,712 |
| Austria | 100% | 86 | 1:99,002 | 2,090 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 78 | 1:77,158 | 3,021 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 78 | 1:394,698 | 7,244 |
| Iraq | 100% | 77 | 1:454,777 | 5,303 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 61 | 1:569 | 96 |
| Albania | 100% | 60 | 1:50,776 | 4,596 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 59 | 1:58,096 | 1,951 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 54 | 1:2,032 | 416 |
| Belarus | 96% | 52 | 1:182,354 | 1,628 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 52 | 1:3,420 | 605 |
| Kazakhstan | 90% | 50 | 1:354,937 | 6,130 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 50 | 1:2,232 | 415 |
| El Salvador | - | 49 | 1:129,424 | 2,393 |
| Gambia | - | 49 | 1:39,318 | 298 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 49 | 1:232,070 | 1,122 |
| Barbados | - | 44 | 1:6,586 | 871 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 44 | 1:55,881 | 2,174 |
| American Samoa | - | 43 | 1:1,299 | 171 |
| Bermuda | - | 43 | 1:1,508 | 344 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 41 | 1:2,424 | 514 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 40 | 1:14,101 | 1,005 |
| Senegal | 100% | 40 | 1:364,534 | 5,539 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 38 | 1:1,439 | 300 |
| Mozambique | - | 36 | 1:756,760 | 1,518 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 34 | 1:1,614 | 377 |
| Aruba | - | 33 | 1:3,145 | 634 |
| Latvia | - | 33 | 1:61,080 | 1,511 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 33 | 1:219,297 | 3,408 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 31 | 1:586 | 87 |
| Macau | - | 31 | 1:19,620 | 363 |
| Romania | 100% | 29 | 1:691,447 | 18,806 |
| Afghanistan | 67% | 27 | 1:1,208,278 | 13,684 |
| Estonia | - | 26 | 1:50,592 | 2,900 |
| Angola | - | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 22 | 1:438,316 | 9,573 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 22 | 1:8,834,440 | 66,641 |
| Armenia | 100% | 21 | 1:138,988 | 3,006 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 21 | 1:1,488 | 340 |
| Iceland | 100% | 21 | 1:17,429 | 1,276 |
| Argentina | 100% | 20 | 1:2,138,662 | 7,817 |
| Moldova | - | 20 | 1:178,057 | 1,710 |
| Grenada | 100% | 18 | 1:6,007 | 933 |
| Croatia | 100% | 17 | 1:248,063 | 3,890 |
| Turkey | 100% | 16 | 1:4,862,607 | 22,291 |
| Transnistria | - | 15 | 1:31,709 | 613 |
| Cambodia | - | 14 | 1:1,162,381 | 17,251 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 13 | 1:3,779 | 669 |
| Algeria | - | 12 | 1:3,181,393 | 7,910 |
| Hungary | 100% | 12 | 1:815,981 | 2,563 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 12 | 1:341,270 | 8,179 |
| Myanmar | - | 11 | 1:4,722,570 | 1,407 |
| Bulgaria | - | 10 | 1:699,039 | 9,190 |
| Nauru | 100% | 10 | 1:1,193 | 190 |
| Burundi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,100,729 | 1,050 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Oman | - | 9 | 1:456,519 | 5,137 |
| Palau | - | 9 | 1:2,412 | 36 |
| Brunei | - | 8 | 1:52,446 | 1,266 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 7 | 1:449 | 81 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 7 | 1:12,146 | 242 |
| Niger | 100% | 7 | 1:2,740,571 | 30,052 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 6 | 1:3,063,245 | 50,518 |
| Haiti | - | 6 | 1:1,787,826 | 19,076 |
| Ivory Coast | 67% | 6 | 1:3,845,989 | 64,391 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| Benin | - | 5 | 1:2,115,169 | 40,564 |
| Cape Verde | - | 5 | 1:105,830 | 3,482 |
| Cuba | - | 5 | 1:2,301,310 | 5,387 |
| Marshall Islands | 75% | 5 | 1:10,246 | 1,467 |
| Monaco | - | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 5 | 1:465 | 94 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Georgia | 100% | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Congo | 100% | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Bhutan | - | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Montenegro | - | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| San Marino | - | 2 | 1:16,460 | 588 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Pitcairn Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:52 | 1 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
The alternate forms: Émily (4), Èmily (1) & Êmily (1) are calculated separately.
Emily (14,323) may also be a surname.
Emily Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. f. of Latin Aemilius, the name of a plebeian gens. Boccaccio’s use of Emilia for the heroine of his Teseide helped to bring the name into use in the later Middle Ages, and Chaucer in his Knight’s Tale englished it as Emelye. In Feudal Aids (Heref) 1316 there occurs Emulea la Prys, which may be this name, and Emerlee, is found in 1694. But it was not much used before the 18th C; George II’s d. Princess Amelia was usually called Princess Emily, and it was probably as a supposed equivalent of Amelia (q.v.) that Emily came into general use in the 19th C.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A name corrupted from Amelia.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Greek (feminine) - Of winning manners.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Latin name, meaning: Industrious. A Roman name said to be from the Greek, flattering.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
It's a female name of German and French origin, meaning 'work'. Amelie is currently enjoying great popularity in England and Wales, Australia, and Germany.
- amelie27Emily Forename Popularity
Emily Demographics
Emily Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 62,649 (2014)
United States
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Phonetically Similar Names
Emily Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Emily in the Russian language | ||
| Эмилы | emily | - |
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