Emily - and the versions of it in other languages - is the name in today’s First Names First! So take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them!

Émilie du Châtelet* natural philosopher/mathematician – Paris, Kingdom of France (1706)
Emilie Petersen* Swedish philanthropist – Hamburg, Germany, Holy Roman Empire (1780)

Émilie Gamelin* canonized social worker/sister- Montreal, Canada, Kingdom of Great Britain (1800)
Emilia Plater* noblewoman/ revolutionary/”Lithuanian Joan of Arc” – Vilnius, Russian Empire (1806)
Emily Brontë* novelist/poet – Thornton, Yorkshire, England (1818)
Emily Blackwell* physician/to U.S. at age 5 – Bristol, England (1826)
Emily Davies* feminist/suffragist – Southampton, England (1830)
Emily Dickinson* poet – Amherst, MA USA (1830)
Emily Warren Roebling* contributed in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge – Cold Spring, NY USA (1843)

Emily J. Harding* artist/ illustrator/suffragette – Bristol, England (1850)
Emily Carr* artist/writer – Victoria, BC Canada (1871)
Emily Tinne* British collector of clothes – Calcutta, British India (1886)

Emily Meggett* Geechee-Gullah community leader/chef/author – Edisto Island, SC USA (1932)

Emily Watson* actress – Islington, London, England (1967)

Emily Deschanel* actress – Los Angeles, CA USA (1976)

Emily Kagan* mixed martial artist – Bangor, ME USA (1981)
Emily Blunt* actress – Wandsworth, London, England (1983) pic
Emilia Nyström* beach volleyball player – Muurame, Finland
Emily Kinney* actress/singer/songwriter – Wayne, NE USA (1985)
Emily Hughes* figure skater –  Great Neck, NY USA (1989)

Emily Infeld* long-distance runner – Ohio USA (1990)
Emily Osment* actress/singer/songwriter – Los Angeles, CA USA (1992)
Emilia McCarthy* actress – London, ON Canada (1997)

Emilia Vesa* hockey player – Helsinki, Finland (2001)

Updated 28.4.2023