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Emilia vs Emma

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Emilia (#45) and Emma (#3) sit in different popularity ranges — Emilia is popular, Emma is very popular.

Emilia

#45 in U.S.

Popularity: Popular

Emilia's meaning is disputed among sources — the documented reading on file is that Emilia means Traditionally glossed as 'rival' or 'striving, industrious,' from the Latin aemulus -- but the ultimate root of the Roman gens name Aemilius is not fully certain, and this reading may be a later folk etymology.

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Emma

#3 in U.S.

Popularity: Very Popular

Emma means "Whole" or "universal," from the Germanic element ermen/irmin (found in names like Ermenrich "universal ruler" and Ermentrude "universal strength"). Emma is understood to have developed as a short form of such longer Germanic dithematic names.

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Key practical differences between Emilia and Emma.

U.S. Popularity

Emilia

#45 (Popular)

Emma

#3 (Very Popular)

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