Emelyn
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning rival; a modern respelling of Emeline or Emilia.
Emelyn by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Emelyn. In the US, 106 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 128 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Emeline
Like Emelyn, each of these traces back to Emeline: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Other names that come from Emilia
Like Emelyn, each of these traces back to Emilia: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Emiliarival, eager832 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emilianorival or ambitious; masculine form of Emilia1,864 in the US (2017)
- Emmywhole or universal; diminutive of Emilia or Emma105 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emilierival or eager; a form of Emilia65 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emalinework; a form of Emilia or Emiline55 in the US (2017)
- Emilynnindustrious rival; a form of Emilia with Lynn suffix44 in the US (2017)
- Emileighrival; a form of Emilia35 in the US (2017)
- Emilinerival; a form of Emilia15 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Emelyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Evelyndesired, wished-for child10,686 in the US (2017)
- Emelyrival; variant of Emilia or Emily743 in the US (2017)
- Emalynwhole and beloved; a blended form of Emma and Lynn103 in the US (2017)
- Emilynindustrious rival; a form of Emilia65 in the US (2017)
- Emmelynindustrious; a form of Emmeline31 in the US (2017)
- Edelynwealth; a variant of Adeline or Edith18 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Emelyn
Names that are said the same way as Emelyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Emmalynwhole and beloved; a blended form of Emma and Lynn644 in the US (2017)
- Emmelinework; a form of Emilia92 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emmalynnwhole, universal; combination of Emma and Lynn302 in the US (2017)
- Emmalinewhole, universal; form of Emma297 in the US (2017)
- Emelineindustrious, work; a form of Emeline or Emmeline91 in the US (2017)
- Emalynnwhole, universal and beloved; a blended form of Emma and Lynn69 in the US (2017)
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