Name meaning and origin
Emily
Latin: From the Roman family name Aemilius
Pronounced EM-ə-lee
Where the name comes from
- LatinFrom the Roman family name AemiliusAemilia, feminine of the gens name AemiliusA Dictionary of First Names (Hanks, Hardcastle & Hodges, 2006): "From a medieval form of the Latin name Aemilia, the feminine version of the old Roman family name Aemilius." Chaucer used the form Emelye in The Knight’s Tale (14th century). The popular glosses "rival" (from Latin aemulus) and "industrious" are later associations, not established meanings. Amelia is a different name, a blend of Emilia with the Germanic Amalia.
Emily across traditions
- English. Uncommon until the House of Hanover came to the British throne; Princess Amelia Sophia (1711–1786) was called Emily in English. The top US girls’ name of the 1990s–2000s (SSA #3 of the 1990s, #1 of the 2000s).
Who carried it
- Emily Dickinson (1830–1886): American poet, of Amherst, Massachusetts.
- Emily Brontë (1818–1848): English novelist, author of Wuthering Heights.
Forms in other languages
Emilia, Émilie, Emilie, Emely, Emmy, Millie
Emily in letter-number systems
Hebrew, Greek and other traditions gave every letter a number, and read meaning into the totals. These are the counts, computed; the readings are inside the Innerverse.
95
Hebrew Standard
5
Hebrew Ordinal
64
English Simple
384
English Sumerian
71
English Reverse
485
Greek Isopsephy
5
Chaldean
1
Pythagorean
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