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Emili

Female#544 most common in Croatia943 people in Croatia
Meaning:
Rival; eager
Origin:
Latin

About the name Emili

A Croatian spelling of Emily/Emilia, from the Roman family name Aemilius ('rival, eager'). A modern name.

Popularity with newborns

  • Girls · 2025 · 119 births · #35 that year
Position on the annual list
Emili — Position on the annual list#26#30#33#37#40#442019202020212022202320242025

Positions come from the annual top 50 published for each sex. A gap in the line means the name finished below 50th that year, not that no child was given it.

People with this name in Croatia

943 people in Croatia are called Emili, according to the 2021 census. That is #544 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Emili is recorded in 19 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaBrodsko-posavskaDubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKarlovačkaKoprivničko-križevačkaKrapinsko-zagorskaMeđimurskaOsječko-baranjskaPrimorsko-goranskaSisačko-moslavačkaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVaraždinskaVirovitičko-podravskaVukovarsko-srijemskaZadarskaZagrebačkaŠibensko-kninska

Characteristics

ModernInternationalModerately common

Notable people called Emili

  • Emily DickinsonAmerican poet
  • Emily BrontëEnglish novelist (Wuthering Heights)

Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.