Vigour or bravery, through the Emmeline/Amelia name family.
The exact entry identifies Emmeline; Emmeline links Old French Ameline and Amelia. Amelia supplies the Germanic amal root. The distinct Latin Aemilia/Emily name is not treated as the same origin. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Emmeline&oldid=75905882 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Amelia&oldid=93847859.
Origin
Emmeline-related form with Germanic ancestry
The given-name definition records a Germanic-linked Emmeline form while marking detailed etymology incomplete. No deeper root gloss is assigned.
English pronunciation
Not yet published for this spelling.
Published name usage
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Latest published record available for this spelling in each place and recorded usage
Place
Year
Recorded usage
Published births
Rank
Notes
Canada
2025
Girls
7 · preliminary
2730
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 Unpublished values are unknown, not zero.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.
England & Wales
2019
Girls
4
4686
Historical source: not all years independently cross-checked. Rank basis: source published.
Scotland
1979
Girls
3
535
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published.
United States
2025
Girls
182
1235
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero.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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Meaning: Vigour or bravery, through the Emmeline/Amelia name family.
Checked against cited source
The exact entry identifies Emmeline; Emmeline links Old French Ameline and Amelia. Amelia supplies the Germanic amal root. The distinct Latin Aemilia/Emily name is not treated as the same origin. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Emmeline&oldid=75905882 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Amelia&oldid=93847859. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adaptation: language scope and exact-name evidence condensed by Rare Baby Names; no audio or images reused. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Origin: Emmeline-related form with Germanic ancestry
Checked against cited source
The given-name definition records a Germanic-linked Emmeline form while marking detailed etymology incomplete. No deeper root gloss is assigned.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Spelling variant: Emmeline
Checked against cited source
Relationship explicitly recorded in the reviewed given-name section; spellings remain separate in popularity statistics.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
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.