Emily comes from the Latin Aemilia — the feminine of Aemilius, a Roman family name possibly from aemulus, meaning "rival" or "eager." The English form Emily took shape in the medieval period.
Emily was the most popular U.S. girls' name from 1996 to 2007 — twelve consecutive years at #1. The poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) and Emily Brontë (Wuthering Heights) are major American literary bearers. Today Emily sits in the U.S. top 25.
Emily reduces to nine — the number of bright devoted craft.