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Emily-Mae

Gender
Girl
Say it
EM-i-lee-MAY
Origin
Latin

Emily-Mae is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “rival + the month of May”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Emily-Mae mean?

Latin: Emily + Mae

“rival + the month of May”

Joins Emily (Latin, “rival”) and Mae (English, “the month of May”).

Meanings borrowed from Emily and Mae.

Is Emily-Mae a girl's or a boy's name?

Emily-Mae is a girls' name.

How popular is Emily-Mae in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 15 girls.

Half of all the girls named Emily-Mae in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 15 in 20162023
Emily-Mae in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20235#4,251
20220–
20215#4,148
20209#2,766
20195#4,214
201810#2,631
201711#2,485
201615#2,015
20158#3,114
201413#2,189
201313#2,174
201212#2,319
201114#2,032
201014#2,004
200913#2,037
20083#5,772
200711#2,198
20068#2,657
20054#4,150
20043#4,789
20033#4,560
20023#4,284
20015#2,928
20003#4,074
19994#3,374
19985#2,855
19970–
19964#3,289

Names like Emily-Mae

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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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, “Emily-Mae: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emily-mae, updated 20 October 2026.