Entry № 2970 · Latin origin

Emilee Emilee — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Rival; eager"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Modern

A name that means "rival; eager".

Emilee is a variant spelling of Emily, meaning eager and industrious.

Rival; eager — a much-loved spelling.

The name in its native script.

Emilee
Transliteration
Emilee
Pronunciation
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Root
Grammatical form

Where Emilee stands.

Emilee does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Emilees before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Emilee.

The number behind Emilee.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Emilee reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.