Fun Facts About the Name Emerlie
- 22 babies named Emerlie: U.S. records list 22 babies given the name Emerlie from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Emerlie Mean?
Emerlie is a spelling variant of Emily, a name meaning "rival" or "striving," from the Latin Aemilia, the feminine form of the Roman family name Aemilius. That family name is generally connected with the Latin word aemulus, "rival" or "one who emulates," which is the source of the customary meaning. The feminine Aemilia passed into Greek as Aimilia and then into Old French as Emilie. The similar-looking name Emery has a separate origin in the Germanic Amalric, from amal "work" and ric "ruler," and is not related to Emily.
Emerlie Name History & Origins
The Latin Aemilia was the feminine form of Aemilius, the name of a prominent Roman family, the gens Aemilia, whose members held consulships and other public offices during the Roman Republic. From Latin the feminine name moved into medieval Europe through the Greek form Aimilia and the Old French Emilie.
Geoffrey Chaucer used the name in "The Knight's Tale" in the late 14th century in the form Emelye, which he took from Boccaccio's Italian Emilia in the Teseida. William Shakespeare later gave the name Emilia to characters in The Comedy of Errors, Othello, and The Two Noble Kinsmen. These are literary uses of a name that already existed; they are not its source.
English spellings of the name have varied over the centuries, including Emely, Emilie, and Emelie. The form Emerlie follows this same habit of respelling the name, and the spelling alone carries no separate meaning.
How Popular is the Name Emerlie?
Emerlie has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #10,343 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,343 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #13,940 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #12,852 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Emerlie Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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