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Emil
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English
Etymology
From en de Emil, from en la Aemilius, a Roman family name possibly from la aemulus rival. Cognate with fr Émile.
Pronunciation
en
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Emil.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en male Latin.
en Priscilla Alvarez; Rosa Flores Trump administration launches nationwide immigration enforcement blitz w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/26/politics/chicago-immigration-trump-ice/index.html 2025-01-26 Homan, who was on the ground in Chicago, maintained it was a “criminal operation.” Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove was also in Chicago on Sunday to observe immigration enforcement operations. https://web.archive.org/web/20250309132730/https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/26/politics/chicago-immigration-trump-ice/index.html
Usage notes
Like Emile, occasionally used in English since the nineteenth century.
The feminine form Emily has always been more established and popular.
Translations
male given name
Bulgarian: bg Еми́л m
Catalan: ca Emili m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 埃米爾 Āimǐ'er
Corsican: co Emiliu m
Czech: cs Emil m
Danish: da Emil c
Dutch: nl Emiel
Faroese: fo Emil m
Finnish: fi Eemeli
French: fr Émile m
Galician: gl Emilio m
German: de Emil m
Greek: el Αιμίλιος m
Hebrew: he אמיל m emil
Hungarian: hu Emil
Icelandic: is Emil m
Italian: it Emilio m
Latvian: lv Emīls m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Emil m
Nynorsk: nn Emil m
Polish: pl Emil m
Portuguese: pt Emílio m
Romanian: ro Emil m
Russian: ru Эми́ль m
Spanish: es Emilio m
Swedish: sv Emil c
Further reading
Emil (given name) en
Anagrams
en eilm Elmi lime mile elim Elim Liem Lemi Meli Imel Mile
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-an
cs male Latin Emil
Declension
m.an
Danish
Etymology
Ultimately from da la Aemilius.
Pronunciation
da /e̝ˈmiːˀl/
Proper noun
da proper noun c
da male Latin Emil
References
Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 45 096 males with the given name have Emil been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the last frequency peak around 2000 . Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Estonian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
et proper noun
et male Latin Emil
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun m
fo male Latin Emil
Usage notes
m Emilsson Emilsdóttir
Declension
Emil Emil Emili Emils
German
de:
Pronunciation
de [ˈeːmiːl]
de De-Emil.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
m
de male Latin Emil
Hungarian
hu:
Pronunciation
hu Emil
hu il 2
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu male Latin Emil
Declension
Emile e -Emil j jei
Icelandic
Proper noun
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is male Latin Emil
Declension
m.dat-
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
nb proper noun m
nb male Latin Emil
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
nn proper noun m
nn male Latin Emil
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :lbor la:Aemilius + 1
Pronunciation
Pl-Emil.ogg
Proper noun
m-pr Emilia
pl male Emil
Declension
Emilowie Emilów
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Ultimately from the ro la Aemilius, borrowed later or adapted from another language; compare the fr Émile and the de Emil.
Pronunciation
ro [eˈmil]
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Emil.wav
Proper noun
m Emilia
ro male Emil Latin — famously held by:
Emil Racoviță (1868–1947), the Romanian biologist, zoologist, speleologist, and explorer of Antarctica who gave his name to the village of ro Emil Racoviță
Further reading
Emil ro
Emil Racoviță ro
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-pr
sk male Latin Emil
Declension
m-pr name
Derived terms
sk Emilo Emko Emo Milko Milo Miluško
Further reading
Swedish
Etymology
From sv fr Émile, from sv la Aemilius. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1741.
Pronunciation
sv /ˈeːmɪl/
Proper noun
c
sv male Latin Emil
Related terms
female names sv Emelie, sv Emilia
surnames sv Emilsson
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 48 977 males with the given name Emil living in Sweden on 31 December 2010, with the frequency peak in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.