Emiliia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-MEE-lee-a
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- Style
- New arrival
Emiliia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “rival”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies).
What does Emiliia mean?
Latin: spelling of Emilia; feminine of the Roman family name Aemilius
“rival”
Feminine of the Roman family name Aemilius; in Shakespeare's Othello, Emilia is Iago's wife and Desdemona's outspoken companion.
Meaning borrowed from Emilia. More on Wiktionary.
Is Emiliia a girl's or a boy's name?
Emiliia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emiliia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 733% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Emiliia, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years.
In 2025, 1,001 girls in the UK were given Emiliia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #54, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Emiliia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
Nicknames for Emiliia
Names like Emiliia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cecilia, Eliana, Aurelia, Arabella, Ophelia, Aurora, Romy, Rosa, Nora, Mabel, Remi, Athena
Other spellings of Emiliia
Names related to Emiliia
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Florence, Luna, Rosie, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony, Austin, Felix, Camila
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Emiliia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emiliia, updated 20 October 2026.