Emilia (name)
Encyclopedia
Etymology
Emilia is a feminine given nameGiven name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
derived from the Roman
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
feminine name Aemilia
Aemilius
The gens Aemilia, originally written Aimilia, was one of the most ancient patrician houses at Rome. The family was said to have originated in the reign of Numa Pompilius, the second King of Rome, and its members held the highest offices of the state, from the early decades of the Republic to...
. The Latin name Aemilius/Aemilia in turn may derive from the same root as the Latin word aemulus, which means to rival, excel, or emulate, but this may be a folk etymology.
The gens
Gens
In ancient Rome, a gens , plural gentes, referred to a family, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a stirps . The gens was an important social structure at Rome and throughout Italy during the...
name Aemilia
Aemilius
The gens Aemilia, originally written Aimilia, was one of the most ancient patrician houses at Rome. The family was said to have originated in the reign of Numa Pompilius, the second King of Rome, and its members held the highest offices of the state, from the early decades of the Republic to...
was translated into English as Emily
Emily
Emily is a common feminine name in Western society. For more on the name, see Emily .The name may refer to:-Actresses:* Emily Atack , British actress* Emily Barclay , New Zealand actress...
.
Etymologists believe that although similar Germanic names like Amelia sound similar to the Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
Emilia or Aemilia/Emily, they have a different origin.
Popularity
, records indicate that more than 13,500 girls in the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
have been named Emilia since 1880, with numbers increasing markedly from the year 2000.
People with this name
- Emilia (Bulgarian singer)Emilia (Bulgarian singer)Emilia Valeva , professionally known as Emilia , is a Bulgarian pop folk singer. She has released five albums to date.-Early life:...
- Emilia BrooméEmilia BrooméEmilia Augusta Clementina Broomé, née Lothigius , was a Swedish politician , feminist and peace activist. She was the first woman in the Swedish legislative assembly ....
, politician - Emilia CanoEmilia CanoEmilia Cano Camacho is a retired female race walker from Spain.-Achievements:-References:*...
, Spanish race walker - Emilia FoxEmilia FoxEmilia Rose Elizabeth Fox is an award-winning English actress, known for her role as Dr. Nikki Alexander on BBC crime drama Silent Witness, having joined the cast in 2004 following the departure of Amanda Burton. She also appears as Morgause in the BBC's Merlin beginning in the programme's second...
, British actress - Emilia of GaetaEmilia of GaetaEmilia was the duchess of Gaeta first as consort of John III and then as the regent for her grandson John V until at least 1029....
, duchess of Gaeta - Emilia Kabakov, artist, wife of Ilya KabakovIlya KabakovIlya Kabakov, Russian Илья́ Ио́сифович Кабако́в , is a Russian-American conceptual artist of Jewish descent, born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. He worked for thirty years in Moscow, from the 1950s until the late 1980s. He now lives and works on Long Island...
- Emilia PlaterEmilia PlaterCountess Emilia Plater was a Polish-Lithuanian noblewoman and revolutionary from the lands of the partitioned Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...
, Polish patriot and revolutionary - Emilia Rotter, Hungarian 4x world champion figure skater
- Emilia RydbergEmilia RydbergEmilia Rydberg is a Swedish pop music and soul singer, mostly known for her hit, "Big Big World". Emilia was discovered in 1996 by Lars Anderson, son of ABBA's manager, Stig Anderson....
, Ethiopian-Swedish pop singer - Emilia UgglaEmilia UgglaEmilia Maria Sara Sofia Uggla , was a Swedish noble classical concert pianist and concert singer....
, pianist - Emília Vášáryová, Slovak actress
- Emilia Jane Mills Webb (née Goodlake), wife of William Frederick WebbWilliam Frederick WebbWilliam Frederick Webb was one of four children born to Frederick Webb and Mary Shiel. He was educated at Eton and later joined the army. During his time in the army, he became a Captain in the 17th Lancers...
- Emilia Kaczorowska Wojtyla, the mother of Pope John Paul IIPope John Paul IIBlessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
Fictional characters
- Emilia, one of the seven women occurring in the character of narrators in The DecameronThe DecameronThe Decameron, also called Prince Galehaut is a 14th-century medieval allegory by Giovanni Boccaccio, told as a frame story encompassing 100 tales by ten young people....
by Giovanni Boccaccio - EmiliaEmilia (Othello)Emilia is a character in the tragedy Othello by William Shakespeare. The character's origin is traced to the 1565 tale, "Un capitano Moro" from Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio's Gli Hecatommithi. There, the character is described as young and virtuous, is referred to simply as the ensign's wife,...
in William ShakespeareWilliam ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
's play OthelloOthelloThe Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian short story "Un Capitano Moro" by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565... - Emilia Ridderfjell in the Bert diaries