Emmalina
Feminine · “Germanic amal”
Emma and Emmeline are not the same name. Emma is a clipping of Germanic names in Ermin-. Emmeline comes from Amalina, built on amal, work or vigor, which also gave Amelia. Two names that look like a pair are cousins at best.
How old is the name Emmalina?
Emmalina first appears in US birth records in 2001 — 24 years ago. The typical Emmalina is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Emmalina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Emmalina most popular?
Emmalina peaked in 2010, reaching #2427 nationally. Today it ranks #9457, 7,030 places below that high. See the whole 2010 chart.
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Where it comes from
From amal to Emmalina
The story of Emmalina
Amal was a Germanic name element meaning work or vigor, and it produced Amalia, Amelia, Amalric and the Amaling dynasty of the Ostrogoths, of whom Theodoric the Great was one. Norman French took Amalina and reshaped it as Emeline and Ameline, which reached England as Emmeline and Amelina. Emma arrived by a completely different road: it is the front of Ermintrude, Ermengarde and Irmgard, names built on ermin, and it came to England with Emma of Normandy, mother of Edward the Confessor. Because the two ended up looking alike, English speakers merged them, and reference books still routinely give Emmeline as a diminutive of Emma. Emmeline Pankhurst, who led the British suffragette movement, carried the Germanic work element rather than the universal one, which is a small irony worth noticing.
Meaningscholars disagree
Germanic amal, work or vigor
Emmalina is a modern American formation, built either on Emma with a -lina ending or as a variant of Emmeline. Emmeline descends from Germanic Amalina, from amal, work, effort or vigor, the element behind Amelia. Emma is separately a short form of names in ermin, whole or universal. The two have been merged in English for centuries. The peak is 2010.
How the name formed
- amal
- Amalina
- Emmeline
- Emmalina
Related forms: Emmeline · Emeline · Emmalina
Pronouncing Emmalina
em-uh-LEE-nah
Four syllables, stress on the third. Emmeline, the older name, is three syllables and ends in a different sound entirely.
Nicknames for Emmalina
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2001
- Most girls named
- 201077 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2427reached in 2010
- Change vs 2024
- −37.5%10 in 2025, from 16
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Emmalina in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Emmeline in English — related form
- Emeline in French — related form
- Emmalina in Italian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas.
Emmalinas among us
people named Emmalina are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 160,727 born in 2025 was named Emmalina
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Emmalina
- #9457
- Emmalina on the 2025 chart
- #940
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Emmalina went to 10 girls in 2025, but Emalina is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 20, which makes it the 940th most-given girls’ name of the year — 8,517 places above the chart.
- Emalina10
- Emmalina10
About 1 girl in 80,363 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 160,727 for Emmalina itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jeneane test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Emmalina's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jeneane climbed just as high around 1931, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jeneane's path sketches the road Emmalina is walking now.
Emmalina sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Emmalina beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Emmalina in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Emma and Lina are both complete names as short forms.
- Four open syllables give it an even rhythm.
- Every letter is read the way it looks.
- Four syllables is long for everyday use.
- Emmeline and Emmalyn are both commoner.
- It merges two historically separate names.
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Frequently asked
- How many Emmalinas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Emmalina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Emmalina?
- Emmalina is one of 2 recorded spellings. Emalina is the more common one — 10 births in 2025 against 10 for Emmalina.
- How popular is the name Emmalina in 2025?
- Emmalina ranks #9457 among US girl names in 2025, with 10 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Emmalina?
- About 1 in every 160,727 US girls born in 2025 was named Emmalina — 10 in all.
- Will my child share the name Emmalina with classmates?
- Emmalina will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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