Emmeline

Meaning: Possibly work or vigor
Origin: Germanic

Nicknames: Emmy

Girl's name · #922 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Emmeline reached its best rank, #753, in 2017 and ranked #922 in 2025. Roughly 6,200 girls have been named Emmeline since 1888.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 24 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#398 in Norway (2025) · #436 in England & Wales (2025) · #608 in Ireland (2025) · #1,177 in Canada (2025) · #2,203 in Sweden (2025) · #4,363 in France (2025) · #1,170 in Belgium (2024) · #2,421 in Austria (2024) · #749 in Scotland (2023) · #7,110 in Ecuador (2022) · #397 in New Zealand (2020) · #361 in N. Ireland (2018).

Famous Emmelines

Emmeline Pankhurst — British suffragette (1858–1928)
Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence — British suffragist and pacifist (1867–1954)
Emmeline B. Wells — American journalist, editor, poet, women's rights advocate, and diarist (1828–1921)
Emmeline Hawthorne — New Zealand actress (born 1980)
Emmeline Ndongue — French basketball player (born 1983)

In stories & tradition

Emmeline Vance — Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
Emmeline — Operatic character in the opera King Arthur by Henry Purcell; daughter of Conon

What Emmelines become

Among 41 notable people named Emmeline:

Artists & writers appear 2.24× more often than among typical names — e.g. Emmeline Stuart-Wortley, English poet and writer (1806–1855).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Emeline (#2759), Emmeline would rank around #783 with about 350 births last year — the newborns split about 82/18 between Emmeline and Emeline.

About 640 girls a year are given Emmy as their full name.

Similar names: Emeline · Hadlee · Emelina · Coraline · Kinslee · Emerie

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