Emily, Amelia

from the Roman family name Aemilius, which derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival". There is another name, Amalia, which stems from the germanic root amal, which means "work." Emily/Emilia is often confused with this name. Some of these names may represent one or the other, or a possibly a combination of both (such as Amélie). Emma is another unrelated name that gets confused with these, it was originally a medieval Norman pet form of names beginning with Erm- (such as Irmentrude and Ermengarde).

Pet forms: Em, Emmy
Related Names: Emmeline, Amélie, Emilia
Masculine forms: Emmett (originally a surname stemming from the name Emma), Emil, Emlyn