# Emil
## English
### Etymology

From German Emil, from Latin Aemilius, a Roman family name possibly from aemulus (“rival”). Cognate with French Émile.

### Proper noun

Emil
* A male given name from Latin.

#### Usage notes

* Like Emile, occasionally used in English since the nineteenth century.
* The feminine form Emily has always been more established and popular.

#### Translations
### Further reading

* Emil (given name) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Elmi, lime, mile, elim, Elim, Liem, Lemi, Meli, Imel, Mile

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɛmɪl]

### Proper noun

Emil m anim
* a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Emil

#### Declension
## Danish
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Aemilius.

### Proper noun

Emil c
* a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Emil

### References

* Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 45 096 males with the given name have Emil been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the last frequency peak around 2000 . Accessed on 19 June 2011.

## Estonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈemil/, [ˈemil]

### Proper noun

Emil
* a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Emil

## Faroese
### Proper noun

Emil m
* a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Emil

#### Usage notes

Patronymics
* son of Emil: Emilsson
* daughter of Emil: Emilsdóttir

#### Declension
## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈeːmiːl]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Emil m (proper noun, strong, genitive Emils)
* a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Emil

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɛmil]
* Hyphenation: Emil
* Rhymes: -il

### Proper noun

Emil
* a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Emil

#### Declension
## Icelandic
### Proper noun

Emil m (proper noun, genitive singular Emils)
* a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Emil

#### Declension
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Emil m
* a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Emil

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Emil m
* a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Emil

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Aemilius.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛ.mil/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛmil
* Syllabification: E‧mil

### Proper noun

Emil m pers (female equivalent Emilia)
* a male given name, equivalent to English Emil

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Emil in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Ultimately from the Latin Aemilius, borrowed later or adapted from another language; compare the French Émile and the German Emil.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [eˈmil]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Emil m (genitive/dative lui Emil, female equivalent Emilia)
* a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Emil — famously held by:
** Emil Racoviță (1868–1947), the Romanian biologist, zoologist, speleologist, and explorer of Antarctica who gave his name to the village of Emil Racoviță

### Further reading

* Emil on the Romanian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{ro}$
* Emil Racoviță on the Romanian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{ro}$

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈemil]

### Proper noun

Emil m pers (genitive singular Emila, nominative plural Emilovia, declension pattern of chlap)
* a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Emil

#### Derived terms

* Emilo
* Emko
* Emo
* Milko
* Milo
* Miluško

### Further reading

* “Emil”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

## Swedish
### Etymology

From French Émile, from Latin Aemilius. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1741.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeːmɪl/

### Proper noun

Emil c (genitive Emils)
* a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Emil

#### Related terms

* (female names): Emelie, Emilia
* (surnames): Emilsson

### References

* Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
* Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 48 977 males with the given name Emil living in Sweden on 31 December 2010, with the frequency peak in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.