Emily

{{other uses}} {{Infobox name | name = Emily | gender = Female | image = Emily Dickinson daguerreotype (Restored and retouched).png | image_size = | caption = The 19th-century poet Emily Dickinson | pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɛ|m|ə|l|i:}} | meaning = Rival | region = | languageorigin = Latin | related names = {{Plainlist| * Amelia * Emilia * Emil * Emma * Emilie * Emmy * Millie * Milly * Emiri }} }}

'''Emily''' is a feminine given name derived from the Roman family name "Aemilius", and is the feminine form of the name Emil.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Mike |title=Meaning, origin and history of the name Emily |url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/emily |access-date=2021-10-12 |website=Behind the Name |language=en}}</ref>

==Popularity== Emily has been a popular name in the English-speaking world, ranking among the most popular names in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. For more than a decade, from 1996 to 2007, it was the most common name given to girls in the United States.<ref>[http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/popularnames.cgi Social Security Administration]</ref> It has declined in usage in some countries but has remained a well-used name all over the world.<ref name=":0" /> In 2022, it was the 31st most popular name given to girls in Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1710014701 |title=Table 17-10-0147-01 First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators (Number) |website=Statistics Canada |access-date=2024-08-25}}</ref>

In the English-speaking world, the name Emily first became popular thanks to German-born Princess Amelia of Great Britain, who was called Emily in English.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Mike |title=Meaning, origin and history of the name Emily |url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/emily |access-date=2026-01-21 |website=Behind the Name |language=en}}</ref>

The popularity of the name in the 1990s and early years of the 21st century has given the name an everywoman image for women in their twenties. As a result, the name has recently been used for a number of characters in film and television productions such as ''Emily the Criminal'' and ''Emily in Paris''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/05/style/emily-name-popularity.html |title=It's Time to Address the Emily in the Room |last=Petrarca |first=Emilia |date=5 April 2023 |website=The New York Times |access-date=5 April 2023 |quote=}}</ref>

==Name variants== Alternate forms include: * Aemilia (Latin) * Aemiliana (Latin) * Aemilianus (Latin) * Aemilius (Latin) * Aimil (Scottish Gaelic) * Aimilios (Greek) * Aimilia (Greek) * Ái My (Vietnamese) * Amilia (English) * Eemeli (Finnish) * Eemi (Finnish) * Eemil (Finnish) * Eimíle (Irish) * Emalee (English) * Emelie (Swedish) * Emiel (Dutch) * Emily (English) * Emil (Bulgarian), (Croatian), (Czech), (Danish), (English), (German), (Hungarian), (Icelandic), (Indonesian), (Macedonian), (Norwegian), (Polish), (Romanian), (Russian), (Serbian), (Slovak), (Slovene), (Swedish) * Émile (French) * Emilee (English) * Emili (Catalan) * Emili (Hebrew), (Hungarian) * Emília (Hungarian), (Portuguese), (Slovak) * Emilía (Icelandic) * Emilia (Bulgarian), (Danish), (English), (Finnish), (German), (Indonesian), (Italian), (Norwegian), (Polish), (Romanian), (Spanish), (Swedish) * Emilian (Polish), (Romanian) * Emiliana (Italian), Indonesian, (Portuguese), (Spanish) * Emiliano (Italian), (Spanish) * Émilie (French) * Emílie (Czech) * Emilie (Danish), (German), (Norwegian), (Swedish) * Émilien (French) * Émilienne (French) * Emīlija (Latvian) * Emilija (Croatian), (Lithuanian), (Macedonian), (Serbian), (Slovene) * Emílio (Portuguese) * Emilio (Italian), (Spanish) * Emilios (Greek) * Emilis (Lithuanian) * Emiliya (Bulgarian) * Emīlija (Latvian) * Emlyn (Welsh) * Emmi (Finnish) * Emmie (English) * Emmy (English), (French), (Indonesian) * Emiri/えみり(Japanese) * Emy (French), (Indonesian) * Milja (Finnish) * Mille (Danish), (Norwegian), (Swedish) * Millie (English) * Milly (English), (Indonesian), (Norwegian), (Swedish) * Yemelyan (Russian)

==People with the name== === Academics === * Emily Ying Yang Chan (born 1974), Hong Kong SAR academic * Emily Greenwood, American classicist * Emily Hendree Stewart Park (1848–1910), president, Washington Seminary (Atlanta) * Emily Wick (1921–2013), American chemist at MIT

=== Actresses === * Emily Barclay (born 1984), New Zealand actress * Emily Beecham (born 1984), English actress * Emily Blunt (born 1983), English actress * Emily Booth (born 1976), English actress and TV presenter * Emily Browning (born 1988), Australian actress * Emily Burnett (born 1996), Welsh actress * Emily Coutts (born 1989), Canadian actress * Emily Deschanel (born 1976), American actress * Emily Flain (born 2003), Northern Irish actress * Emily Gimmel (born 1984), American journalist and TV personality * Emily Hampshire (born 1981), Canadian actress * Emily Joyce (born 1969), British actress * Emily Kagan (born 1981), American mixed martial artist * Emily Kinney (born 1985), American actress, singer, and songwriter * Emily Lloyd (born 1970), British actress * Emily Lloyd-Saini, British actress, broadcaster, writer and comedian * Emily Mortimer (born 1971), English actress * Emily Osment (born 1992), American actress and singer * Emily Perkins (born 1977), Canadian actress * Emily Procter (born 1968), American actress * Emily Ratajkowski (born 1991), American actress * Emily Bett Rickards (born 1991), Canadian actress * Emily Robins (born 1989), New Zealand actress * Emily Rose (actress) (born 1981), American actress * Emily Rudd (born 1993), American actress * Emily Rutherfurd (born 1974), American actress * Emily or Emma Stone (born 1988), American actress * Emily VanCamp (born 1986), Canadian actress * Emily Watson (born 1967), English actress

=== Musicians === * Emily Armstrong (born 1986), American singer * Emily Bauer (born 1981), American singer * Emily Haines (born 1974), Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter * Emily Magee (born 1968), American soprano * Emily Nokes, American writer, artist, music critic and musician * Emily Remler (1957–1990), American jazz guitarist * Emily Robison (born 1972), American songwriter * Emily Saliers (born 1963), American singer-songwriter * Emily Smith (singer) (born 1981), Scottish folk singer * Emily Wong (born 1990), Chinese singer and actress

===Sportswomen=== * {{anbl|Emily Allen}} * Emily Asquith (born 2003), English boxer * Emily Bessoir (born 2001), German basketball player * Emily Clark (born 1995), Canadian ice hockey player * Emily Cross (born 1986), American foil fencer * Emily Csikos (born 1988), Canadian water polo player * Emily van Egmond (born 1993), Australian footballer * Emily Gielnik (born 1992), Australian footballer * Emily Gillam (born 1977), New Zealand field hockey player * Emily Hallifax (born 2005), French diver * Emily Harrop (born 1997), French ski mountaineer * Emily Hughes (born 1989), American figure skater * Emily Jacobson (born 1985), American saber fencer * Emily Jing (born 2007), American foil fencer * Emily Kukors (born 1985), American swimmer * Emily LeSueur (born 1972), American synchronized swimmer * Emily Lock (born 2007), British gymnast * Emily Oberst (born 1998), American wheelchair basketball player * Emily Samuelson (born 1990), American figure skater * Emily Seebohm (born 1992), Australian swimmer * Emily Silver (born 1985), American swimmer * Emily Hood Westacott (1910–1980), Australian tennis player * Emily Westwood (born 1984), English football player * Emily Whitehead (born 2000), Australian artistic gymnast

=== Writers === * Emily Barton (born 1969), American novelist * Emily Bazelon (born 1971), American journalist * Emily Lucas Blackall (1832–1892), American writer, philanthropist * Emily St. John Bouton (1837–1927), American educator, journalist, author, editor * Emily Brontë (1818–1848), English novelist, author of ''Wuthering Heights'' * Emily Carr (1871–1945), Canadian artist and writer * Emily Thornton Charles (1845–1895), American poet, journalist, suffragist, newspaper founder * Emily Dickinson (1830–1886), American poet * Emily Steele Elliott (1836–1897), English religious writer * Emily Gerard (1849–1905), Scottish author * Emily Goodrich Smith (1830–1903), American newspaper correspondent * Emily Gravett (born 1972), British children's author and illustrator * Emily Grosholz (1950–2026), American poet and philosopher * Emily Jashinsky, American journalist * Emily Lowe (died 1882), British travel writer * Emily Arnold McCully (born 1939), American children's author * Emily Julian McManus (1865–1918), Canadian poet, author, and educator * Emily Mkamanga (1949–2021), Malawian writer and social commentator * Emily Cheney Neville (1919–1997), American author * Emily Sullivan Oakey (1829–1883), American educator, author, poet, hymnist * Emily Rebecca Page (1823–1908), American poet * Emily Augusta Patmore (1824–1862), British author, Pre-Raphaelite muse, inspiration for poem ''The Angel in the House''. * Emily Perkins (novelist) (born 1970), New Zealand author * Emily Jane Pfeiffer (1827–1890), Welsh poet, philanthropist * Emily Post (1872–1960), American author on etiquette * Emily Prager, American author and journalist * Emily Lee Sherwood Ragan (1839–1916), American author, journalist * Emily Smith (author), British children's author * Emily Elizabeth Veeder (1841–1898), American author

=== Others === * Emily Ayckbowm (1836–1900), English founder of the Community of the Sisters of the Church * Emily Bisharat (died 2004), Jordanian suffragette, philanthropist, and the first female lawyer in the Kingdom of Jordan * Emily Blackwell (1826–1910), American academic * Emily Blathwayt (1852–1940), British suffragette, mother of Mary Blathwayt * Emily Rose Bleby (1849–1917), Jamaican-born British temperance reformer * Emily Brooke (born 1985), British inventor * Emmelia of Caesarea or Saint Emily (died 375), mother of Basil the Great * Emily Callaway (fl.2022), American politician * Emily Carmichael (born 1981), American film director, screenwriter, and animator * Emily Parmely Collins (1814–1909), American suffragist, activist, writer * Emily M. J. Cooley (1831–1917), American religious and temperance leader * Emily Davison (1872–1913), British suffragette * Emily Dievendorf, American politician * Emily Donelson (1807–1836), daughter-in-law of and First Lady under Andrew Jackson * Emily Greene Balch (1867–1961), American academic, pacifist and Nobel Laureate * Emily Harris, terrorist with the Symbionese Liberation Army * Emily Hobhouse (1860–1926), British welfare campaigner * Emily Caroline Chandler Hodgin (1838–1907), American temperance reformer * Emily Pangnerk Illuitok (1943–2012), Inuk artist * Emily Jones (2013–2020), English murder victim * Emily Kame Kngwarreye (1910–1996), indigenous Australian artist * Emily L. Loveridge (1860–1941), American nurse, educator, school founder, and hospital superintendent * Emily Waita Macharia (born 1979), Kenyan public relations officer * Emily MacManus CBE (1886–1978), Matron Bristol Royal Infirmary then Guy's Hospital and President Royal College of Nursing * Emily Nelson Ritchie McLean (1859–1916), American civic leader * Emily Morse (born 1970), American sex therapist, author, and media personality * Emily Murphy (1868–1933), Canadian feminist * Emily Pankhurst (1858–1928), English political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement * Emily Austin Perry (1795–1851), Texas historical figure * Emily McGary Selinger (1848–1927), American painter, writer, poet, educator * Emily Shenkl (1910–1996), a leader in the Indian Independence Movement * Emily Sherwin, American law professor * Emily Pitts Stevens (1841–1906), American educator, activist, editor, publisher * Emily Taylor (1795–1872), English schoolmistress, poet, children's writer, hymnwriter * Emily Vontz (born 2000), German politician * Emily Waheneka (1919–2008), Native American artist * Emily Wong (born 1992), known as Emi Wong, Hong Kong YouTuber who makes fitness, lifestyle, and travelling videos * Emily Kathryn Wyant (1897–1942), American mathematician * Emily Young (born 1951), British sculptor * Emily Young (film director) (born 1970), English film director and screenwriter * Sagufta Yasmin Emily, Bangladesh Awami League politician and Member of Parliament

==Fictional characters== * Emily (Emelye), the maiden whose hand cousins Arcite and Palamon compete for in ''The Knight's Tale'' * Emily Arrow, main female character in Patricia Reilly Giff’s ''Polk Street School'' series * Emily, a character in ''Thomas & Friends'' * Emily Barham, the female lead in the 1964 film ''The Americanization of Emily'', played by Julie Andrews * Emily Bartlett, heroine of Beverly Cleary's ''Emily's Runaway Imagination'' * Emily Bennett, in the CW fantasy-drama TV series ''The Vampire Diaries'' * Emily Bennett, American Girl character, best friend of Molly McIntire * Emily Betterton, a character from ''The Clifton House Mystery'', portrayed by Michelle Martin * Emily Bishop, in the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Emily Bradford Taylor, Gwyneth Paltrow's character in ''A Perfect Murder'' * Emily Bung, in ''Carry On Screaming'' * Emily Byrne, main character of the ''Absentia'' TV series * Emily Charlton, a character in both the novel and the film in ''The Devil Wears Prada'' * ''Emily Chester'', title character of the 1864 American novel by Anne Moncure Crane * Emily Davis, one of eight protagonists in the survival horror game ''Until Dawn'' * Emily Drozynski, main character in the western drama ''Yellowstone (American TV series)'' * Emily Dyer, a survivor in the video game ''Identity V'' * Emily-Elizabeth, in the PBS animated preschool TV and book series ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'', voiced by Grey DeLisle * Emily Eyefinger, main character of the ''Emily Eyefinger'' series about a girl with an eye on her finger * Emily Fields, major character in the TV series ''Pretty Little Liars'' * Emily Fitch, in the TV series ''Skins'' * Emily Gilmore, in the TV series ''Gilmore Girls'' * Emily Grierson, main character of William Faulkner's short story "A Rose for Emily" * Emily Kaldwin, in the ''Dishonored'' video game series * Emily Litella, a character created by comedian Gilda Radner in the TV comedy show ''Saturday Night Live'' * Emily Merrimack, the main title characters from ''Tim Burton's Corpse Bride''. Though her surname is not mentioned, it was used in early scripts. * Emily Morgen in the TV series ''Prison Break'' * Emily Nelson, main character of the film ''A Simple Favour'' * Emily Pollifax, heroine of The Mrs. Pollifax series of spy-mystery novels by Dorothy Gilman * Emily Prentiss, on the CBS crime drama ''Criminal Minds'' * Emily Rose, the lead character of the film ''Exorcism of Emily Rose'' * Emily Quartermaine, on the ABC soap opera ''General Hospital'' * Emily Byrd Starr, heroine of L. Maud Montgomery's ''Emily of New Moon'' novels * Emily Stewart, in ''The Idolmaster Million Live!'' * Emily Thorne, main character in the TV drama ''Revenge'' * Emily Valentine, in ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' * Emily Waltham, Ross's second wife in the NBC sitcom ''Friends'' * Emily Weiss, from the 1981 musical satire film ''Shock Treatment'' * Emily Windsnap, main character in a series of novels by Liz Kessler * Emily Young, in ''Twilight (novel series)'' * Emily Zhang, mother of Frank Zhang in The Heroes of Olympus * Emily, a non-playable Mii opponent in the ''Wii'' series * Emily, in the Nickelodeon TV series ''Power Rangers Samurai'' * Emily, a.k.a. Miyuki Hoshizora, protagonist of ''Glitter Force''/''Smile PreCure!'' * Emily the Emerald Fairy, in the ''Rainbow Magic'' book franchise * Emily the Seraph, a supporting character in the animated series ''Hazbin Hotel'' * Emily the Strange, a cartoon character and merchandising mascot * ''See Emily Play'', a song by rock band Pink Floyd,

==See also== * Amelia (given name) * Emil (given name) * Emilee (given name) * Emilia (given name) * Émilie, a French feminine given name * Emilie Meng (1998–2016), Danish teenager who was murdered * Emilio (given name) * Emma (given name)

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