Gender Masculine
Usage Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Romanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Hungarian, Icelandic, English
Pronounced Pron. /ˈeː.mɪl/(Swedish) /ˈeː.miːl/(German) /e.ˈmil/(Romanian) /ˈɛ.mɪl/(Czech) /ˈɛ.mil/(Slovak, Polish, Hungarian) /ɛ.ˈmʲilʲ/(Russian) /ə.ˈmil/(English) /ˈɛm.ɪl/(English)
Meaning & History
From the Roman family name Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".