Emilia

See also: Emília, Emilía, Emilią, and Emilià

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Emilia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – tasselflowers.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Asteraceae – family; Asteroideae - subfamily; Senecioneae - tribe; Senecioninae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Emilia coccinea (? syn. of Emilia fosbergii (Florida tasselflower) - type species

References

• Emilia (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Emilia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Emilia (Asteraceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Proper noun

Emilia

1. A female given name from Latin, a rare Latinized variant of Emily.
   • 1999, Kali Israel, Names and Stories: Emilia Dilke and Victorian Culture, OUP, published 2002, →ISBN:

     "Emily" was preserved and erased, reduced to the sexless cypher "E.", and then came to denote not the shared and ordinary name "Emily" but a new, exotic, self-begotten "Emilia". No longer masculine Francis but feminine-with-a-difference Emilia, vaguely Latin or Italian or French but in any case foreign, not domestic; […]

3. (historical) A historical region of Italy, approximately coterminous with modern Emilia-Romagna.

Derived terms

• Emilian

Related terms

• Santa Emilia

Translations

historical region of Italy

• Armenian: Էմիլիա (Ēmilia)
• Catalan: Emília (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 艾米利亞 / 艾米利亚 (Àimǐlìyà)

• French: Émilie (fr) f
• Friulian: Emilie f
• Georgian: ემილია (emilia)
• German: Emilien n
• Italian: Emilia (it) f
• Marathi: एमिल्या (emilyā)
• Occitan: Emília f
• Portuguese: Emília (pt) f
• Romagnol: Emìglia f
• Russian: Эми́лия (ru) f (Emílija)
• Sicilian: Imigghia f, Emìlia f
• Spanish: Emilia (es)

Faroese

Proper noun

Emilia f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• Emilia's son: Emiliuson
• Emilia's daughter: Emiliudóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Emilia
accusative	Emilu
dative	Emiliu
genitive	Emiliu

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Aemilia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈemiliɑ/, [ˈe̞miˌliɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): E‧mi‧li‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): E‧mi‧lia

Proper noun

Emilia

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Emily
   • 1971, Aila Meriluoto, Peter-Peter, WSOY, published 1997, →ISBN, pages 151–152:

     Miksi en aikoinaan huomannut antaa omilleni tuollaisia viivallisia, vai olenko näin viehättynyt niihin vain Sinun kauttasi. Eikö Sinulla ole kaksoisnimeä? Onko Sinulla ylipäänsä toista nimeä? Minun toinen nimeni on Emilia (Miili-tädin mukaan), ilman ajatusviivaa.

     Why hadn't I ever thought of giving my children those double-barreled names, or perhaps I had only become infatuated with them because of You. Do You not have a double-barreled name? Do You even have a second name? My second name is Emilia (after aunt Miili), without a dash.

   • 2017, Anni Kytömäki, Kivitasku, Gummerus, →ISBN, page 140:

     Emilia vaikenee, riisuu lapasen ja nyppii toisesta neulasia. Hän näyttää pehmeämmältä ja nuoremmalta kuin kaupan loisteputkivalossa, kevät on päivettänyt ihon, vaalea tukka on kihartunut lumesta huokuvassa kosteudessa. Nimikin on pieni ja sievä.

     Emilia falls silent, takes the mitten off her hand and picks needles off the other. She looks softer and younger than in the shop's fluorescent lights. The spring had tanned her skin, her light hair curled by the humidity rising off the snow. Her name was so small and cute.

Usage notes

• Popular in Finland at the turn of the 21st century.

Declension

Inflection of Emilia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Emilia	Emiliat
genitive		Emilian	Emilioiden Emilioitten
partitive		Emiliaa	Emilioita
illative		Emiliaan	Emilioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Emilia	Emiliat
accusative	nom.	Emilia	Emiliat
	gen.	Emilian
genitive		Emilian	Emilioiden Emilioitten Emiliain rare
partitive		Emiliaa	Emilioita
inessive		Emiliassa	Emilioissa
elative		Emiliasta	Emilioista
illative		Emiliaan	Emilioihin
adessive		Emilialla	Emilioilla
ablative		Emilialta	Emilioilta
allative		Emilialle	Emilioille
essive		Emiliana	Emilioina
translative		Emiliaksi	Emilioiksi
abessive		Emiliatta	Emilioitta
instructive		—	Emilioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Emilia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Emiliani Emiliani accusative nom. Emiliani Emiliani gen. Emiliani genitive Emiliani Emilioideni Emilioitteni Emiliaini rare partitive Emiliaani Emilioitani inessive Emiliassani Emilioissani elative Emiliastani Emilioistani illative Emiliaani Emilioihini adessive Emiliallani Emilioillani ablative Emilialtani Emilioiltani allative Emilialleni Emilioilleni essive Emilianani Emilioinani translative Emiliakseni Emilioikseni abessive Emiliattani Emilioittani instructive — — comitative — Emilioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Emiliasi Emiliasi accusative nom. Emiliasi Emiliasi gen. Emiliasi genitive Emiliasi Emilioidesi Emilioittesi Emiliaisi rare partitive Emiliaasi Emilioitasi inessive Emiliassasi Emilioissasi elative Emiliastasi Emilioistasi illative Emiliaasi Emilioihisi adessive Emiliallasi Emilioillasi ablative Emilialtasi Emilioiltasi allative Emiliallesi Emilioillesi essive Emilianasi Emilioinasi translative Emiliaksesi Emilioiksesi abessive Emiliattasi Emilioittasi instructive — — comitative — Emilioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Emiliamme Emiliamme accusative nom. Emiliamme Emiliamme gen. Emiliamme genitive Emiliamme Emilioidemme Emilioittemme Emiliaimme rare partitive Emiliaamme Emilioitamme inessive Emiliassamme Emilioissamme elative Emiliastamme Emilioistamme illative Emiliaamme Emilioihimme adessive Emiliallamme Emilioillamme ablative Emilialtamme Emilioiltamme allative Emiliallemme Emilioillemme essive Emilianamme Emilioinamme translative Emiliaksemme Emilioiksemme abessive Emiliattamme Emilioittamme instructive — — comitative — Emilioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Emilianne Emilianne accusative nom. Emilianne Emilianne gen. Emilianne genitive Emilianne Emilioidenne Emilioittenne Emiliainne rare partitive Emiliaanne Emilioitanne inessive Emiliassanne Emilioissanne elative Emiliastanne Emilioistanne illative Emiliaanne Emilioihinne adessive Emiliallanne Emilioillanne ablative Emilialtanne Emilioiltanne allative Emiliallenne Emilioillenne essive Emiliananne Emilioinanne translative Emiliaksenne Emilioiksenne abessive Emiliattanne Emilioittanne instructive — — comitative — Emilioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Emiliansa Emiliansa accusative nom. Emiliansa Emiliansa gen. Emiliansa genitive Emiliansa Emilioidensa Emilioittensa Emiliainsa rare partitive Emiliaansa Emilioitaan Emilioitansa inessive Emiliassaan Emiliassansa Emilioissaan Emilioissansa elative Emiliastaan Emiliastansa Emilioistaan Emilioistansa illative Emiliaansa Emilioihinsa adessive Emiliallaan Emiliallansa Emilioillaan Emilioillansa ablative Emilialtaan Emilialtansa Emilioiltaan Emilioiltansa allative Emilialleen Emiliallensa Emilioilleen Emilioillensa essive Emilianaan Emilianansa Emilioinaan Emilioinansa translative Emiliakseen Emiliaksensa Emilioikseen Emilioiksensa abessive Emiliattaan Emiliattansa Emilioittaan Emilioittansa instructive — — comitative — Emilioineen Emilioinensa

Related terms

• (female given names) Emmi, Milja, Milla
• (male given names) Eemeli, Eemil

Statistics

• Emilia is the 47^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 12,904 female individuals (and as a middle name to 58,785 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Emilia

1. a female given name from Latin, variant of Emilie

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Aemilia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈmi.lja/
• Rhymes: -ilja
• Hyphenation: E‧mì‧lia

Proper noun

Emilia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Emily
2. (historical) Emilia (a historical region of Italy, approximately coterminous with modern Emilia-Romagna)

Derived terms

• emiliano
• Emilia-Romagna

Related terms

• Emilio

Anagrams

• iemali

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• Emilie (Norwegian variant)

Etymology

Either a feminine derivative of Emil (“male given name”), or ultimately from Latin Aemilia (“female given name”), the feminine form of the Roman nomen Aemilius. The Latin name is traditionally connected with aemulus (“eager; emulating, rivaling”).

Compare Danish Emilia, Swedish Emilia, Finnish Emilia, Italian Emilia and English Emily.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈmiː.li.a/
• Rhymes: -iːlia
• Hyphenation: E‧mi‧li‧a

Proper noun

Emilia

1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Emily

Usage notes

• Emilia was used in Norway during the 19th century, particularly in Bergen, and rose sharply in popularity towards the end of the 20th century.

Related terms

• Emil (“male equivalent”)

Statistics

• According to Statistics Norway, 1,723 women in Norway had Emilia as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.
• In 2025, 80 newborn girls in Norway were given Emilia.

References

• “Emilia” at Nordic Names.
• Emilia (given name) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Emilia (navn) on the Norwegian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^no

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Aemilia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈmi.lja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ilja
• Syllabification: E‧mi‧lia

Proper noun

Emilia f (male equivalent Emil)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Emily

Declension

Declension of Emilia

	singular	plural
nominative	Emilia	Emilie
genitive	Emilii	Emilii/Emilij (archaic)
dative	Emilii	Emiliom
accusative	Emilię	Emilie
instrumental	Emilią	Emiliami
locative	Emilii	Emiliach
vocative	Emilio	Emilie

Further reading

• “Emilia”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Emilia f (genitive/dative Emiliei, male equivalent Emil)

1. a female given name

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈmilja/ [eˈmi.lja]
• Rhymes: -ilja
• Syllabification: E‧mi‧lia

Proper noun

Emilia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Emily

Related terms

• Emilio

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Emilia c (genitive Emilias)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Emily

Related terms

• Emelie, Emmy
• Emil