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Meaning, origin and pronunciation, with published usage by place and year.
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Early root uncertain; rival is a proposed Aemilius interpretation.
The Spanish given-name entry derives Emiliano from Latin Aemilianus, which derives from the Roman family name Aemilius. The Aemilius entry qualifies its rival-word connection as possible. Rival is therefore a proposal, not a settled literal meaning or a judgment about a child’s temperament.
Latin, through the Spanish given-name tradition.
The Spanish given-name section traces Emiliano to Latin Aemilianus. The English entry is a surname sense and is not used as given-name evidence.
Not yet published for this spelling.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
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| Canada | 2025 | Boys | 50 · preliminary | 580 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Boys | 45 (rounded to 5) | 858 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Boys | 20 | 1359 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Ireland | 2022 | Boys | 3 | 779 | Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2016 | Girls | 5 | 16215 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
| United States | 2025 | Boys | 3,701 | 94 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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Italian section explicitly records a male given name. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Emiliano&oldid=93025238. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed personal-name sections and retained regional and relationship qualifiers. Native readings are not English pronunciations; no audio reused.
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Portuguese section explicitly records a male given name, separate from its surname sense. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Emiliano&oldid=93025238. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed personal-name sections and retained regional and relationship qualifiers. Native readings are not English pronunciations; no audio reused.
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Spanish section explicitly records a male given name. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Emiliano&oldid=93025238. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed personal-name sections and retained regional and relationship qualifiers. Native readings are not English pronunciations; no audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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The Spanish given-name entry derives Emiliano from Latin Aemilianus, which derives from the Roman family name Aemilius. The Aemilius entry qualifies its rival-word connection as possible. Rival is therefore a proposal, not a settled literal meaning or a judgment about a child’s temperament.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Portuguese readings retained with their regional qualifiers; separate from the existing Spanish reading. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Emiliano&oldid=93025238. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed personal-name sections and retained regional and relationship qualifiers. Native readings are not English pronunciations; no audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Directly documented Spanish given-name reading. It is not substituted for a verified English guide; personal and regional readings may differ.
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The club article introduces Emiliano Martinez and addresses the same player as Emi. This is a documented nickname example, not a frequency claim or a pronunciation guide. Credit: Aston Villa Football Club, Argentina select Martinez in World Cup squad, 11 November 2022. Sources: https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2022/november/11/argentina-select-mart-nez-in-world-cup-squad/. License: Original factual summary; source rights retained. Rights and license links: Aston Villa source rights retained (https://www.avfc.co.uk/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized only the documented relationship or language-specific account. No biography, literary passage, photograph or audio reproduced; distinct traditions and statistics remain separate.
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The Spanish given-name section traces Emiliano to Latin Aemilianus. The English entry is a surname sense and is not used as given-name evidence.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Related Italian name and Portuguese feminine equivalent explicitly recorded; not a nickname. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Emiliano&oldid=93025238. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed personal-name sections and retained regional and relationship qualifiers. Native readings are not English pronunciations; no audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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French cognate explicitly identified in the Italian etymology; not a nickname or interchangeable spelling. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Emiliano&oldid=93025238. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed personal-name sections and retained regional and relationship qualifiers. Native readings are not English pronunciations; no audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Related name listed in the Portuguese personal-name section; not a nickname. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Emiliano&oldid=93025238. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed personal-name sections and retained regional and relationship qualifiers. Native readings are not English pronunciations; no audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Supporting evidence for the specifically qualified name tradition. Adapted from Wiktionary contributors; linguistic roots, proposals and source-language readings remain separate.
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Supporting evidence for the specifically qualified name tradition. Adapted from Wiktionary contributors; linguistic roots, proposals and source-language readings remain separate.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.
License: CC BY 4.0
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: joined the published count and rank indicators and matched unambiguous existing spellings. Source values retained.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
