What is Emilia (given name)?
{{Infobox given name | name = Emilia | gender = Female | image= | pronunciation= {{IPAc-en|ɛ|ˈ|m|iː|l|i|ə}} | meaning = Rival | region = | origin = [[Latin language|Latin]] | related names = [[Emily]], [[Emilie]], [[Emma (given name)|Emma]], [[Emmy]], [[Amelia]], [[Amelie (given name)|Amelie]] | footnotes = }} '''Emilia''' is a [[Femininity|feminine]] name of [[Latin]] origin. It is got from the name [[Emily]], which itself is got from the Latin ''aemulus'', meaning “rival” or “emulating”. The name Emilia is often associated with the Latin phrase “aemulare”, which means “to strive to equal or excel”.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Emilia name Meaning and Origin|url=https://babys.name/detail-Emilia-Meaning-Origin-Famous-Similar-Sibling.html|access-date=2023-03-08|website=babys.name|archive-date=2023-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308150537/https://babys.name/detail-Emilia-Meaning-Origin-Famous-Similar-Sibling.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> This name was ranked #40 on the US Popular Female Names in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=OACT|title=Popular Baby Names|url=https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/popularnames.cgi|access-date=2023-03-29|website=www.ssa.gov}}</ref> ==Popularity== As of 2010, records indicated that more than 13,500 girls in the [[United States|USA]] had been named Emilia since 1880. The popularity has been increasing after the year 2000.<ref>[http://www.babynameshub.com/baby-names-girls/Emilia.html Emilia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218053922/http://www.babynameshub.com/baby-names-girls/Emilia.html |date=2012-02-18 }} at Babynameshub.com</ref> ==People with this name== * [[Emilia (Bulgarian singer)]] * [[Emilia Broomé]], politician * [[Emilia Bakala]], Polish developer * [[Emilia Cano]], Spanish race walker * [[Emilia Clarke]], UK [[actress]] * [[Emilia Fox]], UK [[actress]] * [[Emilia of Gaeta]], duchess of Gaeta * [[Emilia Attías]], Argentine actress and model * [[Emilia Kabakov]], artist, wife of [[Ilya Kabakov]] * [[Emilia Pardo Bazan]], Spanish writer * [[Emilia Pla