Emily

EMILY Emilý English Etymology English form of en la Aemilia, a gens name from la aemulus rival, emulator. Pronunciation en British English en /ˈɛm.ə.li/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-StalJosA-Emily.wav US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Emily.wav Southern England Proper noun en female Latin. 1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Knight's Tale I am thy mortal foe, and it am I That so hot loveth Emily the bright, That I would die here present in her sight. en 1830 w:Mary Russell Mitford Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names: People will please their fancies, and every lady has her favourite names. I myself have several, and they are mostly short and simple. - - - Emily, in which all womanly sweetness seems bound up - perhaps this is the effect of association of ideas - I have known so many charming Emilys en 1980 Barbara Pym A Few Green Leaves 0060805498 8 This may have accounted for Emma's Christian name, for it had seemed to Beatrix unfair to call her daughter Emily, a name associated with her grandmother's servants rather than the author of The Wuthering Heights, so Emma had been chosen, perhaps with the hope that some of the qualities possessed by the heroine of the novel might be perpetuated. en 2010 w:Joanne Harris blueeyedboy Doubleday 9780385609500 102 Emily. Em-il-y, three syllables, like a knock on the door of destiny. Such an odd, old-fashioned name, compared to those Kylies and Traceys and Jades — names that reeked of Impulse and grease and stood out in gaudy neon colours — whilst hers was that muted, dusky pink, like bubblegum, like roses — en Ahiza Garcia How these Millennials are fighting for your holiday dollars w:CNN Money https://money.cnn.com/2017/11/27/news/companies/holiday-shopping-glossier-away-harrys-fresh-money/ 2017-11-27 Glossier was founded by Emily Weiss and has developed a cult following. https://web.archive.org/web/20250207080832/https://money.cnn.com/2017/11/27/news/companies/holiday-shopping-glossier-away-harrys-fresh-money/ en Nouran Salahieh Emily Sisson set a record for US women at the Chicago Marathon w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/10/us/emily-sisson-chicago-marathon-record 2022-10-10 Emily Sisson set a new record for an American woman when she finished second at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon Sunday. https://web.archive.org/web/20221021011912/https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/10/us/emily-sisson-chicago-marathon-record Usage notes Emily has been used as a vernacular form of the Germanic Amelia, up to the nineteenth century. Used since the Middle Ages; popular in the 19th century and once again today. Derived terms en Emison Naomily Paily Related terms en emulate, en emulous en Emil, en Emile en Em, en Emme, en Emmie, en Emmy, en Millie, en Milly Translations given name Armenian: hy Էմիլիա Bulgarian: bg Емилия f Burmese: my အမ်မလီ transliteration Catalan: ca Emília f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 埃米莉 Āimǐlì Czech: cs Emílie f Danish: da Emilie Faroese: fo Emilý f Finnish: fi Emilia French: fr Émilie Georgian: ka ემილი German: de Emilie Greek: el Αιμιλία Ancient Greek: grc Αἰμιλία Hawaiian: haw ʻEmelē, haw ʻEmelia Hebrew: he אמילי f emili Hungarian: hu Emília Icelandic: is Emilía f Indonesian: id Emilia Italian: it Emilia Japanese: ja エミリー Emirī, ja エミリア Emiria Korean: ko ^에밀리 Latin: la Aemilia f Latvian: lv Emīlija f Lithuanian: lt Emilija Manx: gv Aimil f Māori: mi Emere Norwegian: no Emilie Occitan: oc Emília f Persian: fa امیلی emili Polish: pl Emilia Portuguese: pt Emília f Romanian: ro Emilia Russian: ru Эмилия Slovak: sk Emília Slovene: sl Emilija Spanish: es Emilia f Swedish: sv Emilia Thai: th เอมิลี่ ee-mí-lîi Ukrainian: uk Емі́лія See also en Amelia en Emma Anagrams en eilmy Elymi Miley limey Danish Proper noun da proper noun da female, an English type spelling of Emilie German Pronunciation de [ˈɛmɪlɪ] de De-at Emily.ogg Austria de E mi ly Proper noun de proper noun de female English < Latin Emilie Swedish Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Emily.wav Proper noun c sv female English < fr:Amélie < la:Aemilia Emelie Tagalog Etymology tl :bor en:Emily + 1 Pronunciation Émily Proper noun Émilý emili tl female English Anagrams tl eilmy miyel