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Emmeline

A name meaning "unceasing, vigorous, brave".

Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#922

Meaning and history

Emmeline comes from Old French Emeline, a diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element amal, meaning “unceasing, vigorous, brave.” The Normans introduced the name to England.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 58 births, rank #2,940
2007: 61 births, rank #2,930
2008: 94 births, rank #2,137
2009: 125 births, rank #1,742
2010: 140 births, rank #1,569
20112011: 160 births, rank #1,418
2012: 230 births, rank #1,080
2013: 246 births, rank #1,015
2014: 302 births, rank #898
2015: 347 births, rank #810
20162016: 361 births, rank #788
2017: 370 births, rank #753
2018: 347 births, rank #786
2019: 359 births, rank #774
2020: 311 births, rank #864
20212021: 307 births, rank #884
2022: 270 births, rank #981
2023: 276 births, rank #949
2024: 281 births, rank #938
20252025: 284 births, rank #922

Emmeline rose from #939 to #922 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2017, with 370 births.