Emili
Most Poles have never met an Emili, but the name is climbing: more girls got it last year than in the quiet years before. At root it is Latin, from the Roman clan name Aemilius and aemulus, "rival".
Emili Pronunciation
Emili is pronounced e-MEE-lee (/ɛˈmili/).
What Emili means
Where Emili comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Emili traces back to Latin, to the Roman clan name Aemilius. Scholars link that name to aemulus, a word for a rival or someone who strains to equal another. The short meaning that follows the name today, rival and industrious, grew out of that root sense of striving.
The name keeps close company. Emilia is its fuller variant, and Emil is the form given to boys. A teacher reading a class register in Poland might find an Emili and an Emilia seated a few rows apart.
In Polish the sense arrives as rywalizująca, ambitna, pracowita. Ambition and hard work became part of the picture, though the Latin origin points first to competition rather than labor. Emili is short. It ends on that Latin root, aemulus, the rival.
How many people are named Emili
1 in 98017 women in Poland is named Emili. 242 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1992 among female names.
Emili's popularity over time
14 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #607 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2017.
Where parents choose Emili
Emili is most popular in Lower Silesian, 188% above the national average (9 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Pomeranian (+139%) and Lubusz (+102%). It is least common in Lesser Poland and Silesian, both 56% below average.
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Lower Silesian
+188%1 in 17,459 babies
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Pomeranian
+139%1 in 21,046 babies
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Lubusz
+102%1 in 24,829 babies
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Lesser Poland
−56%1 in 113,458 babies
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Silesian
−56%1 in 113,792 babies
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Łódź
−21%1 in 63,359 babies
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Lower Silesian+188% 9 born1 in 17,459 babies+188%
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Pomeranian+139% 7 born1 in 21,046 babies+139%
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Lubusz+102% 2 born1 in 24,829 babies+102%
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Masovian+84% 13 born1 in 27,251 babies+84%
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West Pomeranian+19% 2 born1 in 42,213 babies+19%
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Greater Poland−7% 4 born1 in 53,811 babies−7%
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Łódź−21% 2 born1 in 63,359 babies−21%
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Lesser Poland−56% 2 born1 in 113,458 babies−56%
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Silesian−56% 2 born1 in 113,792 babies−56%
Emili as a middle name
Emili is a first name for 242 women in Poland and a middle name for another 8, a 97/3 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2744th, between Ellena (8) and Esra (8).
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#2742 Elizabeta8
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#2743 Ellena8
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#2744 Emili8
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#2745 Esra8
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#2746 Ewalda8