Emil

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian
Icelandic
Faroese
Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

German form of Émile

Related Names

Ehmil	♂
Emel	♂
Emiel	♂
Emil	♂
Emíl	♂
Emild	♂
Emill	♂

See also Eemil, Emi, Imîle, Mille

For female forms see Emila, Emilda

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Emilinpoika
Emilsen
Emilson
Emilssen
Emilsson
Emilsøn

Female

Emildatter
Emilintytär
Emilsdatter
Emilsdotter
Emilsdóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Emil
Genitive:	Emils

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

- Finnish
Nominative:	Emil
Genitive:	Emilin
Partitive:	Emiliä

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

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Emil
Genitive:	Emils

- Swedish
Nominative:	Emil
Genitive:	Emils

Name Days

Faroe Islands

23 January

Norway

23 January

Finland (Swedish Language)

30 August

Sweden

14 November

Further Information

• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name
• Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden: 1741
  
• Denmark: 18th century
  
• Norway: 1819
• Iceland: In the census of 1845

Strongest Period of Usage

• Denmark:
  • -1910
  • 1980-
• Sweden:
  • 1980-
• Norway:
  • early 20th century
  • early 21st century

Predominant Regional Usage

• Denmark:
  • Bornholm
  • Nordjylland
• Sweden:
  • Värmland (19th century) see map

Namesakes

• Bror Emil Hildebrand (22 February 1806 - 30 August 1884), Swedish archaeologist, numismatist and museum director
• Carl Fredrik Edvin Emil Key (7 October 1822 - 1892), Swedish politician

Trivia

• Main character in Astrid Lindgren's book Emil i Lönneberga
• Emil was a heavy storm in Norway and Sweden in January 2012.
• Emil is also used as an Icelandic horse name

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		31810	55674	12	34	31798	55640
Denmark		22412	n.a.	3	n.a.	22409	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	37588	n.a.	46	n.a.	37542
Iceland		550	845	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland		107	375	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		11843	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	11843	n.a.
#: 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.

 

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Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Emil (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.