Emelina

A girls’ name of Germanic origin, meaning work; a diminutive form of Amelia or Emelia.

Babies a year
33
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Emelina by the numbers

Emelina was given to 33 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 35 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

Other names that come from Amelia

Like Emelina, each of these traces back to Amelia: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Milliegentle strength; from Millicent or Amelia1,080 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ameliework, industrious; form of Amelia398 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amiliawork, industriousness; a spelling variant of Amelia173 in the US (2017)
  • Meliaa form of Amelia; hardworking106 in the US (2017)
  • Amilawork; a spelling variant of Amelia11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ameliahwork, industriousness; a modern respelling of Amelia57 in the US (2017)
  • Emelieindustrious; a form of Amelia56 in the US (2017)
  • Amelliaindustrious, striving; a variant of Amelia49 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Emelina. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Emeliarival; a form of Amelia565 in the US (2017)
  • Evelinawished for child; form of Evelyn73 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Emelineindustrious, work; a form of Emeline or Emmeline91 in the US (2017)
  • Emelinwork; a form of Emeline18 in the US (2017)
  • Emmelinawhole; universal; a form of Emelia or Amelia7 in the US (2017)
  • Emilinarival; diminutive of Emilia5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Emelina

Names that are said the same way as Emelina, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Emmalinawhole; a feminine form of Emmanuel39 in the US (2017)
  • Emmalenawhole and gentle; a form of Emma with -lena suffix6 in the US (2017)
  • Emalina8 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a craft or trade

Like Emelina, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Ameliawork, industriousness2,153 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Penelopeweaver; wife of Odysseus1,174 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
  • Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
  • Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
  • Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)

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