Emile
Meaning
rival, striving
Also written Émile.
Emile around the world
One shared root links 7 names across 4 languages.
Shared root: from the Roman family name Aemilius, traditionally glossed "rival"; kept firmly apart from lookalike Amelia by the reference books, if not by parents
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Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Emile peaked in the 1890s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Popularity in Brazil
26,256 people · the #898 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 7,752 · median age 13
Among people named Emile living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2000s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 2,545 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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