Emil

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Emil

Gender: Masculine.
Language: English, German, Swedish
Etymology:
Emil is the German, Scandinavian, and English form of Aemilius, a Latin name meaning “Rival” from “aemulus.”

History:
Emil was not common until the 18th century. It was rather popular in the 19th century.

In the United States, Emil, a name with a high German flavor, has been steadily declining throughout the 20th century.

Pronunciation: ee-mill.

Alternates:
English: Emilian.
Finnish: Eemil.
French: Émile, Emilien.
Hawaiian: Emela.
Italian: Emilio.
Latin: Emilianus, Aemilius.
Polish: Emilian.
Spanish: Emilio, Emiliano.

Surnames:
English: Emmet, Emmitt, Emmett, Emmit.

Feminine: Emily.

See also: Emilio.

Famous Bearers:
Artists and Authors:
Émile Deschamps (1791-1871)
French poet.
Émile Augier (1820-1889)
French playwright.
Émile Gaboriau (1835-1873)
French writer.
Emil Waldteufel (1837-1915)
French composer.
Émile Zola (1840-1902)
French novelist.
Émile Verhaeren (1855-1916)
Belgian poet.
Emile Cohl (1857-1938)
French cartoonist.
Emil von Sauer (1862-1942)
German pianist.
Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865-1950)
Swiss composer.
Emil Nolde (1867-1956)
German artist.
Émile Bernard (1868-1941)
French painter.
Émile Fabre (1869-1955)
French playwright.
Émile Cammaerts (1878-1953)
Belgian poet.
Émile Nelligan (1879-1941)
French-Canadian poet
Emil Ludwig (1881-1948)
Polish writer.
Emil Frantisek Burian (1904-1959)
Czech author.
Emil Mihai Cioran (1911-1995)
Romanian-French writer.
Emil Gilels (1916-1985)
Soviet pianist.

Educators, Scholar, and Social Workers:
Émile de Girardin (1806-1881)
French journalist.
Émile Faguet (1847-1916)
French literary historian.
Émile Durkheim (1858-1917)
French sociologist.
Emile Victor Rieu (1887-1972)
British translator.
Emil Brunner (1889-1966)
Swiss theologian
Emil W. Haury (1904-1992)
American anthropologist.

Miscellaneous:
Emil Rathenau (1838-1915)
German industrialist.
Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
French glass maker.
Emil Savundra (1923-1976)
Famous swindler.

Political Figures:
Emil Welti (1825-1899)
Swiss politician.
Émile Ollivier (1825-1913)
French statesman.
Émile Combes (1835-1921)
French premier.
Émile Loubet (1838-1929)
French statesman.
Émile Vandervelde (1866-1938)
Belgian statesman.
Émile Gentil (1866-1914)
French colonial administrator.
Emiliano Chamorro Vargas (1871-1966)
President of Nicaragua.
Émile Borel (1871-1956)
French mathematician and statesman.
Emil Hácha (1872-1945)
Czech president.
Emiliano Zapata (1879-1919)
Mexican revolutionary.
Émile Jonassaint (1913-1995)
Haitian politician.
Émile Derlin Zinsou (1918-)
President of Dahomey.

Religious Figures:
St. Emilian (-362)
Bulgarian martyr.
St. Emilian (-520)
An Italian hermit and bishop.
St. Emilian Cucullatus (-574)
A patron saint of Spain.
St. Emilian (Eminian, Imelin) (-675)
An abbot of Lagny, France.
St. Emilian (-767)
A French recluse.
St. Emilian (-820)
A Turkish bishop.

Scientists:
Emil du Bois-Reymond (1818-1896)
German physiologist.
Emil von Skoda (1839-1900)
German engineer.
Emil Theodor Kocher (1841-1917)
Swiss surgeon. Winner of the 1909 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
Emile Christian Hansen (1842-1909)
Danish botanist.
Émile Levassor (1844-1897)
French inventor.
Emil Holub (1847-1902)
European naturalist and African adventurer.
Emile Berliner (1851-1929)
German-American inventor.
Emil Fischer (1852-1919)
German chemist. Winner of the 1902 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
Émile Roux (1853-1933)
French bacteriologist.
Emil von Behring (1854-1917)
German bacteriologist.
Émile Picard (1856-1941)
French mathematician.
Emil Kraepelin (1856-1926)
German psychiatrist.
Emile Coué (1857-1926)
French pharmacist.
Émile Meyerson (1859-1933)
Polish-French chemist.
Émile Haug (1861-1927)
French geologist.
Émile Borel (1871-1956)
French mathematician and statesman.
Emil Leon Post (1897-1954)
Polish-American mathematician.
Emil Artin (1898-1962)
German-Austrian mathematician.
Emil M. Mrak (1901-1987)
American food scientist.

Singers and Entertainers:
Emil Devrient (1803-1872)
German actor.
Emil Poulsen (1842-1911)
Danish actor.
Emil Jannings (1884-1950)
Swiss actor.

Sports Stars:
Emil Zatopek (1922-)
Czech Olympic athlete.
Emile Griffith (1938-)
American boxer.

Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census:
0.019 % named Emil
0.019 % named Emilio
0.019 % named Emmett
0.006 % named Emile
0.004 % named Emmitt

Popularity of Emil:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1850: 188th most popular.
1875: 106th most popular.
1900-1910: 117th most popular.
1910-1920: 144th most popular.
1920-1930: 214th most popular.
1930-1940: 283rd most popular.
1940-1950: 452nd most popular.
1950-1960: 644th most popular.
1960-1970: 665th most popular.
1970-1980: 881st most popular.
1990: 969th most popular.
1991: N/A
1992: 948th most popular.
1993: N/A

Popularity of Emile:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-1910: 383rd most popular.
1910-1920: 496th most popular.
1920-1930: 515th most popular.
1930-1940: 719th most popular.
1940-1950: 803rd most popular.
1950-2000: N/A

In France...
1900: 13th most popular.
1910: 16th most popular.
1920: 19th most popular.
1930: 30th most popular.
1940: 37th most popular.
1950: 77th most popular.
1960: 126th most popular.
1966: 183rd most popular.
1970-1990: N/A
1996: 198th most popular.
2000: 166th most popular.

Popularity of Emiliano:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-2000: N/A
1996: N/A
1997: 987th most popular.
1998: N/A
1999: 873rd most popular.
2000: 641st most popular.
2001: 533rd most popular.
2002: 465th most popular.
2003: 434th most popular.

Popularity of Emmett:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1875: 318th most popular.
1900-1910: 165th most popular.
1910-1920: 192nd most popular.
1920-1930: 239th most popular.
1930-1940: 304th most popular.
1940-1950: 383rd most popular.
1950-1960: 459th most popular.
1960-1970: 591st most popular.
1970-1980: 768th most popular.
1980-1990: 977th most popular.
1990: N/A
1991: 958th most popular.
1992: 831st most popular.
1993: 845th most popular.
1994: 864th most popular.
1995: 831st most popular.
1996: 878th most popular.
1997: 770th most popular.
1998: 855th most popular.
1999: 831st most popular.
2000: 739th most popular.
2001: 702nd most popular.
2002: 707th most popular.
2003: 683rd most popular.

Popularity of Emmitt:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-1910: 664th most popular.
1910-1920: 601st most popular.
1920-1930: 674th most popular.
1930-1940: 637th most popular.
1940-1950: 933rd most popular.
1950-1960: 867th most popular.
1960-2000: N/A

Popularity of Emmet:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-1910: 779th most popular.
1910-1920: 735th most popular.
1920-1930: 953rd most popular.
1930-2000: N/A

Popularity of Emmit:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-1920: N/A
1920-1930: 875th most popular.
1930-2000: N/A

Popularity of Emilien:
Popularity (for newborns):
In France...
1900: 119th most popular.
1910: 110th most popular.
1920: 111th most popular.
1930: 140th most popular.
1940: 159th most popular.
1942: 180th most popular.
1950-1980: N/A
1981: 191st most popular.
1990: 141st most popular.
2000: 117th most popular.