Here in Michigan it's pronounced AE-mul. I have known 2 people with this name. One was a boy in my high school (class of 1981) and the other was an old farmer who had 10 adult children. His kids were my parents' age. I always thought it was a cool and unusual name.
Also Romansh. Source: "Vornamen in der Schweiz. Prénoms en Suisse. I nomi in Svizzera. Prenoms in Svizra" (1993) published by the Association of Swiss registrars Https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peider_Lansel -- his brother's name Https://sursassiala.ch/2015/01/15/familienforschung/ Https://www.portraitarchiv.ch/portrait?page=72 Http://www.annalas.ch/persunas/display/q:Emil
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It may be uncommon, but it was popular in the US once until it fell way too short in the late 20th century. That name should remain strong elsewhere, mainly Northern European nations such as Norway and Sweden.
In 2018, 84 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Emil who is registered male with the Social Security Administration. It is the 1754th most common male first name for living U.S. citizens.
Though very popular in Scandinavia, the name Emil has fallen out of the top 1000 in the United States. It was only given to 114 baby boys here in 2012.
I'm sorry, but it is not. Eliška is the 65th most used name in the Czech Republic. Emil is about 150th "most" used name, and there are only about 10 thousands Czechs bearing this name in the whole world. But all I really wanted to say was that the above comment is wrong in its statement that Emil is a traditional Czech name, because Emil, regardless how "often" used, is not a "very traditional name for Czechs". Ask any Czech you want. :)
Emil, and a traditional Czech name? You've got to be kidding. It's rarely used among Czechs, it isn't of Czech origin and it has no connection to Czech culture and history whatsoever.[traditional or not, it is the 65th most used name in the Czech Republic -ed]