Emilio
From Latin, out of the Roman name Aemilius, with a blunt sense underneath: "rival", one who strives to match you. It carries a southern, Italian and Spanish sound, and stays rare here: most Poles have never met one, and it goes only to boys.
Emilio Pronunciation
Emilio is pronounced e-MEEL-yo (/ɛˈmiljɔ/).
What Emilio means
Where Emilio comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Emilio grows from Latin, out of the old Roman family name Aemilius. Scholars tie that name to the word aemulus, one who strives to equal another. So the meaning passed to Polish readers stays blunt. A rival, rywal.
Italy and Spain took the name in and never let go. It belongs there to opera and to football squads, to men christened across four centuries. The trimmed variant Emil travels north and settles in Poland, where it already keeps its own name-day. Emilio holds onto the last vowel and a warmer, southern sound.
The feminine Emilia stands right beside it. In a Polish szkoła register the two could sit a line apart, an Emilia and an Emilio sharing one Latin root. Under both, still, is aemulus: the rival who wants to match you.
How many people are named Emilio
1 in 85385 men in Poland is named Emilio. 250 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1940 among male names.
Emilio's popularity over time
4 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1043 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2018.
Where Emilio is most popular
Emilio is most popular in Lower Silesian, 267% above the national average (4 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Greater Poland (+235%) and Masovian (+144%).
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Lower Silesian4 boys born+267%
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Greater Poland5 boys born+235%
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Masovian6 boys born+144%
Emilio as a middle name
Emilio is a first name for 250 men in Poland and a middle name for another 141, a 64/36 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 593rd, between Stiven (142) and Hektor (141).
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#591 Mahmoud142
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#592 Stiven142
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#593 Emilio141
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#594 Hektor141
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#595 Zawisza141