Emil

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Icelandic
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Emil is the German form of Émile, a French form of the old Roman family name Aemilius/Æmilius ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

See Emilius

Name Days

Faroe Islands

23 January

Norway

23 January

Finland (Swedish Language)

30 August

Sweden

14 November

Grammar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Emil
Accusative:	Emil
Dative:	Emili
Genitive:	Emils

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Emil
Accusative:	Emil
Dative:	Emili
Genitive:	Emils

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1741 ^[2]

Namesakes

Bror Emil Hildebrand, 22nd February, 1806 - 30th August, 1884, Swedish archaeologist, numismatist and museum director

Carl Fredrik Edvin Emil Key, 7th October 1822 - 1892, Swedish politician

Main character in Astrid Lindgren's book Emil i Lönneberga

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[3]		1	6	27556	48977
Denmark[4]		0	n.a.	18038	n.a
Norway[5]		0	0	5792	7927
Finland[6]		n.a.	6	n.a	30744
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[3][4][5][6]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[5]:

Sources: ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi