Emeli
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 20 babies a year in the US.
Emeli by the numbers
Emeli was given to 20 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 91 babies in 2005, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Emeli
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Emeli. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Emelyrival; variant of Emilia or Emily743 in the US (2017)
- Emeliarival; a form of Amelia565 in the US (2017)
- Emeribrave, powerful; industrious ruler; variant of Emery133 in the US (2017)
- Emelieindustrious; a form of Amelia56 in the US (2017)
- Emilieager or industrious; a form of Emily19 in the US (2017)
- Emelinwork; a form of Emeline18 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Emeli
Names that are said the same way as Emeli, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Emilyrival, eager9,751 in the US (2017)
- Emilierival or eager; a form of Emilia65 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emillyrival; a form of Emily29 in the US (2017)
- Emmilyrival, eager; a form of Emily16 in the US (2017)
- Emillierival; a form of Emily13 in the US (2017)
- Emellierival; a form of Amelia or Emilia5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Emeli
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