Other Girls' Names:

Agnes
Alexandra
Alice, Al(l)ison
Anastasia
Andrea
Angela
Ann(e), Hannah
Antonia
Barbara
Beatrice
Bianca, Blanche
Brigid, Bridget
Carol(ine), Charlotte
Catherine, Kathryn etc.
Cecilia
Christina, Christa, Kristin etc.
Clare, Claire
Dorothy, Theodora
Elizabeth, Isabel(la), Lisa
Emily
Esther, Starr, Stella
Eve
Frances
Grace
Helen, Ellen
Jaclyn, Jacqueline
Jane, Joan
Josephine
Judith, Judy
Julia, Julie
Laura, Lauren
Lily
Louise
Lucy
Madeline
Margaret
Martha
Mary
Michaela
Natalie, Noelle
Nicole, Nicola
Paula, Pauline
Rachel
Rose
Sophie
Susan(na)
T(h)eresa

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

Arabic† Nadidah*, Nadeeda*
Armenian† Amalig, Amalya
Basque Milia
Breton .
Bulgarian† Emiliana, Emilia
Catalan Amelia
Croatian Emilija
Czech Emilia, Mila, Milka
Danish Emilie, Emilia, Lia
Dutch Aemilia, Emilia, Emilie, Millie
Estonian Aemilia, Aemilie
Finnish Emilia, Emeliia, Mimmi
Flemish Aemilia
French Ιmilie, Amélie
Galician Amelia
German Emilie
Greek† Emilia
Hawaiian Emele
Hebrew † Charuza
Hungarian Emilia
Icelandic Emelía
Irish Gaelic Eimile
Italian  Emilia
Latvian Emilija
Lithuanian Emelija, Amele
Norwegian Emilie, Emine, Mine
Polish Emilia, Emiliana
Portuguese Emilia
Romanian Emilia
Russian†
Amaliji 
Scottish Gaelic Eamag
Spanish Emilia
Swedish Emilia, Lia
Welsh  
Yiddish Amali, Amaliye

* Names have approximately the same meaning, but no other lingustic connection

† Language does not use the Latin alphabet, so spellings are approximated based on sound.

Boys' Names:

Alexander
Andrew
Anthony
Charles
Christopher
Daniel
David
Den(n)is
Edward
Eugene
Francis, Frank
Frederick
Gabriel
George
Gerald, Gerard
Gregory
Henry
Isaac
James, Jacob
Joachim
John
Joseph
Julian
Justin
Laurence, Larry
Leonard
Louis, Lewis
Luke, Lucas
Mark, Marcus
Martin
Matthew
Michael
Nicholas
Paul
Peter
Phil(l)ip
Ralph
Richard
Robert
Samuel
Sebastian
Simon
Stephen, Steven
Theodore
Thomas
Timothy
Victor
Vincent
William
Zachary

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