Name meaning & stats
Emmeline
Emmeline means “work” (Germanic origin). 5,912 US babies since 1940, peak 2017.
What it means
“work”
GermanicWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2017
5,912 US babies were named Emmeline between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Emmeline (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 7 Emmalyns spell it Emmeline
- Emmalyn 21%
- Emmaline 15%
- Emmeline 14%
- Emmalynn 11%
- Emelyn 6%
- Emeline 6%
- Emalyn 4%
- Emilyn 4%
- Emaline 3%
- Emelin 2%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2017)