Emmeline

Old French form of archaic German Amal

"work"

Emmeline Origin and Meaning

The name Emmeline is a girl's name of German, French, English origin meaning "work".

Emmeline is an Emma relative and Emily cousin that is destined for greater use in the wake of the megapopularity of those two names. A recommended Nameberry fave, Emmeline hopped onto the US Top 1000 in 2014 for the first time ever. While it is genuinely an old name, it was rarely used a century ago; only 17 baby girls were named Emmeline in 1915, the same number as were named Ernie!

A popular medieval name, Emmeline was introduced to Britain by the Normans. It appeared as a character in Uncle Tom's Cabin, and is famous in Britain as the name of the illustrious suffragette, Emmeline Pankhurst. Way back in 1980, it was the name of young Brooke Shields's innocent character in The Blue Lagoon. More recently, Emmeline Vance was a witch in the Harry Potter series.

Christian Bale has a daughter named Emmeline.

Emmeline Rank in US Top 1000

# 948 in the US

Emmeline Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 182 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Emmeline

• 948 US 2023
• 182 Nameberry 2025
• 428 Future 2028
• 393 England 2023

20 Names Similar to Emmeline

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• Thea
• Adelaide
• Genevieve
• Amelie
• Adeline
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• Ada
• Fiona
• Colette
• Cecilia
• Lydia
• Vivian
• Esme
• Rosalie
• Cecily
• Elise
• Eliza
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Famous People Named Emmeline

• Emmeline Blanche Woodward Harris Whitney Wells American journalist and poet
• Emmeline Pankhurst English suffragette
• Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, Baroness Pethick,Lawrence, English feminist
• Emmeline Ndongue French Olympic basketball player
• Emmeline Stuart Wortley, English poet and writer
• Emmeline Bale (b. 2005) daughter of actor Christian Bale

The name Emmeline in Pop Culture

• "Emmeline The Orphan of the Castle," novel by Charlotte Turner Smith and its main character
• Emmeline Vance character from the 'Harry Potter' series
• Emmeline character in 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' by Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Emmeline Hartford character in "The House At Riverton" by Kate Morton
• Emmeline Lestrange character in the original novel/film "The Blue Lagoon"
• Emmeline Mosher character in novel "Emmeline" by Judith Rossner
• Emmeline Harris a character from the 'Anne of Green Gables' series
• Emmeline Grangerford character in novel "Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain
• Emmeline March character in novel "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield
• "Emmeline " a song by Bruno Merz