Emilija

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Emilia in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, ES Spain and 23 more and אמיליה in IL Israel.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Emilija is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Polish given name24K records spelled Emilija191 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Bulgaria, Russia, Czechia

  Languages: Polish, Bulgarian, Russian

  Also written Emilia, Эмилия, Емилия, Emiliya, Emilie

• Hungarian given name3.2K records spelled Emilija8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hungary, Slovenia, United States, Philippines

  Also written Emilia, Emília, Emilía, Emīlija, Emìlia

• Finnish given name539 records spelled Emilija4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, Serbia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Emīlija

• a separate given name309 records spelled Emilija5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Serbia, North Macedonia, United States

  Also written Ėmilija, Emīlija, Èmilija, Émilija

• Czech given name141 records spelled Emilija3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia, Serbia

  Languages: Czech, Slovak

  Also written Emīlija

• Romanian given name57 records spelled Emilija2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Serbia

  Also written Emīlija

27 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Emilija is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 29 years between 1989–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Emilia Slabunovab. 1958RUnot in their usual nameRussian politician
• Emilija Erčićb. 1962RSSerbian handball player
• Emilija Kokićb. 1968HRCroatian singer
• Emanuelab. 1981BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian pop-folk singer
• Emilia Valevab. 1982BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian folk and pop singer
• Emilija Turejb. 1984RURussian handball player
• Emilija Škarnulytėb. 1987LTLithuanian visual artist and filmmaker (born 1987)
• Emiliya Nikolovab. 1991BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian volleyball player
• Emilija Baranacb. 1994CACanadian actress
• Emilija Senavaityteactress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 439 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Emilija?

We estimate roughly 469 thousand people bear Emilija (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Emilija have the most bearers?

Emilija is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled emilia.

Where is Emilija most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Emilija is densest in Finland — about 1 in 77 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Emilija compared with other names?

In Argentina, Emilija is the 216th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Emilija a male or female name?

Emilija is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Emilija mean?

Recorded meaning: a female given name, equivalent to English Emily