Emily
Meaning: Its source is Aemilius, a Latin name meaning "Eager."
Languages: This girl's name is used in English.
Alternative Spellings: Emalee, Emely, Emilee, Emiley, Emili, Emilie, Emillie, Emilly, Emylee, Emali and Emmelie
Popularity: The name Emily ranked 1st in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics, 99th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census and 3rd in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1994 US Census.
This name is highly rated both on the 1990 U.S. Census list and in state data recording the most popular baby names.
Narrative: Aemilius, a Roman family name, is also interpreted as ''laborious'' or ''rival.''
This name was used among ancient Christians in the Latinate feminine form Aemilia (the modern Italian form of the name). In time, it was altered to Emilia, then Emily.
This continuum of names developed side-by-side with Amelia, which is derived from the Ancient Germanic Amalia, meaning ''work.'' The origins of Amelia and Emily are often confounded, though their similar spellings are coincidental.
Arts and Music
- Emily Carr (born 1871, died 1945)
Canadian painter and author whose main subjects were the natives of British Columbia.
- Painted Forest, British Columbia (see list of 20th-century Modern Artists)
- Emily Erwin
Member of the Dixie Chicks vocal group
- Entertainer Of The Year 2000, with Laura Lynch, Natalie Maines, Martie Seidel, and Robin Macy members of the Dixie Chicks (see list of Country Music Association Award Winners)
- Emily Mary Osborn (born 1834)
English painter.
- Painted Nameless and Friendless (see list of Artists of the Romantic Period)
- Emily Remler
- Famous jazz guitarist (see list of Guitarists)
Leadership
- Emily G. Balch (born 1867, died 1961)
American economist and sociologist. Honorary president of the Women's International League for Peace, 1936-61.
- 1946 Nobel Prize winner for Peace (see list of Nobel Peace Prize Winners)
- Emily Davies (born 1830, died 1921)
British educator and feminist.
- Founded Girton College at Cambridge, 1873 (see list of Noted Social Reformers and Educators)
- Emily Taft Douglas (born 1899, died 1984)
American politician.
- Representative, D-Illinois, 1945-47 (see list of Women in the House of Representatives)
Miscellaneous
- Emily Blackwell (born 1826, died 1910)
American physician and medical educator. Sister of physician Elizabeth Blackwell.
- Member of National Women''s Hall of Fame (see list of National Women's Hall of Fame Members)
- Emily Carr (born 1871, died 1945)
Canadian painter and author whose main subjects were the natives of British Columbia.
- Born in Victoria, British Columbia (see list of Famous Canadians)
- Emily Dickinson (born 1830, died 1886)
Reclusive American poet whose radical poetic style anticipated the modernist movement.
- Member of National Women''s Hall of Fame (see list of National Women's Hall of Fame Members)
- Emily
- Hurricane or tropical storm (see list of Hurricane and Tropical Storm Names)
Science and Philosophy
- Emily Jennings Stowe (born 1831, died 1903)
Canadian educator, physician, and suffrage activist.
- First licensed female physician in Canada (see list of Medical Practitioners)
Sports
- Emily Chapman
- Member of the Women''s International Bowling Congress Hall of Fame (see list of Women's International Bowling Congress Hall of Fame)
- Emily Westacott
- 1939 Australian Open tennis champion (see list of Australian Open Tennis Champions)
Stage and Screen
- Emily Baldwin
Fictional character.
- Portrayed by Mary Jackson (see list of Characters on ''The Waltons'')
- Emily Bowen
Fictional character.
- Character on the soap opera ''''General Hospital'''' (see list of Characters on ''General Hospital'')
- Emily
Fictional character.
- Portrayed by Anne Byrne (see list of Characters in the film Manhattan)
- Emily Stewart
Fictional character.
- Character on the soap opera ''''As the World Turns'''' (see list of Characters on ''As The World Turns'')
- Emily Valentine
Fictional character.
- Portrayed by Christine Elise (see list of Characters on ''Beverly Hills 90210'')
- Emily Watson
English actress
- Starred in Hilary and Jackie, Breaking the Waves (see list of see Hollywood Freshwomen)
The Literary World
- Emily Brontë (born 1818, died 1848)
English novelist and poet.
- Wrote Wuthering Heights (see list of Prose Writers of the Victorian Era)
- Emily Dickinson (born 1830, died 1886)
Reclusive American poet whose radical poetic style anticipated the modernist movement.
- Wrote ''''There''s a certain slant of light'''' (see list of Poets of the Victorian Era)
- Emily Genauer
- 1974 Pulitzer Prize winner for Criticism (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism)
- Emily Cheney Neville
- 1964 Newbery Medal winner, for It''s Like This, Cat (see list of Newbery Medal Winners)
- Emily Pollifax
Fictional housewife and CIA agent.
- Created by author Dorothy Gilman (see list of Fictional Detectives)
- Emily D. Seeton
Fictional English schoolmistress and detective.
- Created by author Heron Carvic (see list of Fictional Detectives)
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Teasing Nicknames:
- Bean
- Elmo
- Emil
- Milly
- Mills
- Aunty Em
- Eminator
- Em-a-flea
- Emster
- Y'lime
- Emulate
- Empty
- 'Emlock
- Emery
- M&M
- M & E
- Memelly
- Amelia
- Phlegm
- Emmo
- Timity
- Memily
- Embryo
- Emilita
- Emcee
- Embolism
- Schmemily
- Schmem
- Emady
- Eminy
- Em 'n M
- Memo
- Remmy
- Emo
- Emmy Pemmy
- Emmie Whemmie Puddin' Pie
- Emmy Lou








