Emmeline
A girls’ name of Germanic origin, meaning work; a form of Emilia.
How Emmeline has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #810 |
| 2016 | #789 |
| 2017 | #753 |
| 2018 | #787 |
| 2019 | #772 |
| 2020 | #869 |
| 2021 | #886 |
| 2022 | #985 |
| 2023 | #948 |
| 2024 | #939 |
| 2025 | #922 |
Emmeline by the numbers
In 2025, 92 babies in England and Wales were named Emmeline. In the US, 368 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 England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Other names that come from Emilia
Like Emmeline, 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)
- Emelyrival; variant of Emilia or Emily743 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)
- 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)
Names that come from Emmeline
Forms of Emmeline in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Emmeline. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Emmalinewhole, universal; form of Emma297 in the US (2017)
- Emelineindustrious, work; a form of Emeline or Emmeline91 in the US (2017)
- Emmelinawhole; universal; a form of Emelia or Amelia7 in the US (2017)
- Emelieindustrious; a form of Amelia56 in the US (2017)
- Emalinework; a form of Emilia or Emiline55 in the US (2017)
- Emmalinwhole or universal; a form of Emmeline41 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Emmeline
Names that are said the same way as Emmeline, 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)
- Emmalynnwhole, universal; combination of Emma and Lynn302 in the US (2017)
- Emelynrival; a modern respelling of Emeline or Emilia106 in the US (2017)
- Emalynwhole and beloved; a blended form of Emma and Lynn103 in the US (2017)
- Emalynnwhole, universal and beloved; a blended form of Emma and Lynn69 in the US (2017)
- Emilynindustrious rival; a form of Emilia65 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Emmeline, 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)
Names about as common as Emmeline
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