The name Emil, Emile, or Émile is a male given name of Indo-European origin.
This name has multiple meanings: laborious, rival, or eager, which are derived from the Latin Aemilius of the gens Aemilia.https://www.thebump.com/b/emil-baby-name In the German language, the name is derived from the word emelen, which means "to strive," or "to excel."
Emil is used predominantly among the peoples of European nations. It is in the top 100 names given to boys in Germany.https://www.today.com/parents/babies/german-boy-names-rcna129307 The female equivalents to the name are Emila,https://www.thebump.com/b/emila-baby-name Emilia, and Emily.
In the Balkans, Emil is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslav nations. In this region, it is used as a male given name, while the female equivalent is Emila. The name is an alternative variant to the name Amil, which is also popular among Bosniaks. Emil is in the top 100 most popular given names in Bosnia and Herzegovina.https://nameberry.com/popular-names/bosnia-and-herzegovina
In Azerbaijan, Emil is also a popular name. As per official statistics shared by Ministry of Justice (Azerbaijan), Emil was 31st most used name in the country between 2020 and 2025.https://exidmet.justice.gov.az:8284/VVA/NameStatisticsYear
Emil Emil Aaltonen (1869–1949), Finnish industrialist and philanthropist Emil Andersson (sport shooter) (born 1979), Swedish running target shooter Emil Andersson (table tennis) (born 1993), Swedish table tennis player Emil Artin (1898–1962), Austrian mathematician Emil Atlason (born 1993), Icelandic footballer Emil Bachrach (1874–1937), Russian-American entrepreneur Emil Barth (1879–1941), German Social Democratic party worker Emil von Behring (1854–1917), German physiologist who received the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Emil Bemström (born 1999), Swedish ice hockey player Emil Berg, Swedish singer Emil Berna (1907–2000), Swiss cinematographer Emil Bove (born ), American attorney Emil Brown (born 1974), American baseball outfielder Emil Brunner (1889–1966), Swiss theologian Emil Calmanovici (1896–1956), Romanian businessman and communist militant Emil Cedercreutz (1879–1949), Finnish sculptor Emil Chuprenski (born 1960), Bulgarian boxer Emil Cioran (1911–1995), French-Romanian writer Emil Constantinescu (born 1939), President of Romania from 1996 to 2000 Emil Dardak (born 1984), Indonesian politician Emil (Fritz) Dietrich (1898–1948), German Nazi SS officer executed for war crimes Emil Dill (1861–1938), Swiss painter Emil Dimitriev (born 1979), interim Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia Emil Dimitrov (1940–2005), Bulgarian singer Emil Dorian (1893–1956), Romanian poet and prose writer Emil Ekiyor Jr. (born 2000), American football player
Emil Ferris (born 1962), American writer, cartoonist, and designer
Emil Fischer (American football executive) (1887–1958), American businessman and football executive
Emil Fischer (cartographer) (1838–1898), American cartographer Emil Fjellström (1884–1944), Swedish actor Emil Forsberg (born 1991), Swedish international footballer Emil Forselius (1974–2010), Swedish actor Emil Gilels (1916–1985), Russian pianist Emil Giurgiuca (1906–1992), Romanian poet Emil Guillermo (born c. 1959), American journalist Emil Hácha (1872–1945), president of Czechoslovakia Emil Hedvall (born 1983), Swedish footballer Emil G. Hirsch (1852–1923), American rabbi
Emil Jannings (1884–1950), German actor Emil Johansson (boxer) (1907–1986), Swedish boxer Emil Johansson (floorball) (born 1992), Swedish floorball player Emil Johansson (footballer) (born 1986), Swedish footballer Emil Johansson (ice hockey) (born 1996), Swedish ice hockey player Emil Johansson (sprinter) (born 2002), Swedish sprinter Emil Johnson (born c. 1966), drummer for Black Flag Emil Jones (born 1935), American politician, president of the Illinois State Senate Emil Jones, III (born 1978), American politician, Illinois Senate member Emil Kapaun (1916–1951), Roman Catholic priest, US Army Chaplain who died in the Korean War, US Congressional Medal of Honor in 2013 Emil Karas (1933–1974), American football linebacker for the San Diego Chargers Emil Theodor Kocher (1841–1917), Swiss physician and researcher, received the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Emil Kostadinov (born 1967), Bulgarian football player Emil Kraepelin (1856–1926), German psychiatrist Emil Krupa-Krupinsky (1872–1924), German portrait painter, genre painter and graphic artist Emil Lenz, Russian physicist and creator of Lenz's law Emil Lerp (1886–1966), German businessman and inventor Emil Lindenfeld (1905–1986), Hungarian-American oil-painter Emil Ludwig (1881–1948), German-Swiss biographer Emil Mangelsdorff (1925–2022), German jazz musician Emil Martinec (born 1958), American theoretical physics professor Emil Maurice (1897–1972), founding member of the SS and Hitler's personal chauffeur during the 1920s Emil Miljković (born 1988), Bosnian footballer Emil Minty (born 1972), Australian former child actor Emil Molt (1876–1936), German industrialist, social reformer, and anthroposophist Emil Nödtveidt (born 1976), Swedish guitarist in the band Deathstars Emil Nolde (1867–1956), German painter and printmaker Emil Paleček (1930–2018), Czech biochemist Emil Leon Post (1897–1954), American mathematician Emil Perttilä (1875–1933), Finnish politician Emil Puhl (1889–1962), German Nazi-era economist and banking official Emil Rebreanu (died 1917), Austro-Hungarian Romanian military officer Emil Salim (born 1930), Indonesian politician and economist Emil Savundra (1923–1976), British-Tamil businessman convicted of fraud Emil Ludwig Schmidt (1837–1906), German anthropologist and ethnologist Emil Schult (born 1946), German artist and collaborator with seminal electronic music group Kraftwerk Emil Schulz (1938–2010), German boxer Emil Seckel (1864–1924), German jurist and law historian Emil Sitka (1914–1998), American actor Emil Škoda (1839–1900), Czech engineer Emil Steinberger (actor), Swiss comedian, writer, director and actor Emil Steinberger (endocrinologist), American endocrinologist Emil Stoyanov (born 1959), Bulgarian politician Emil Sumangil, Filipino journalist Emil Szolomajer (born 1974), Romanian soccer player Emil Páleš (born 1966), Slovak scientist and philosopher Emil Paul Tscherrig (1947–2026), Swiss Catholic priest, diplomat of the Holy See Emil Unanue (1934–2022), Cuban immunologist Emil Unfried (1892–1949), German communist politician and businessman Emil Urbel (born 1959), Estonian architect Emil Utitz (1883–1956), Czech philosopher Emil "Teddy" Vorster (1910–1976), German racing driver and entrepreneur Emil Werstler, American guitarist for death metal band Dååth Emil Wilbekin (born 1967), American journalist Emil Wingstedt (born 1975), Swedish orienteering competitor Emil Wojtaszek (1927–2017), Polish politician Emil Zátopek (1922–2000), Czech long-distance runner Emil Zsigmondy (1861–1885), Austrian physician and mountain climber
Emile Emile Abraham (born 1974), Trinidad and Tobago cyclist
Emile Bakale (born 1987), Swimmer from Republic of the Congo
Emile Baron (born 1979), South African footballer Emile Barron (1937–2015), Surinamese footballer
Emile Beaulieu (1931–2016), American politician, twice Mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire
Emile Zola Berman (1902–1981), American lawyer Emile Bernheim (1886–1985), Belgian industrialist Emile De Beukelaer (1867–1922), Belgian cyclist Emile Boeres (1890–1944), Composer and musician
Emile Bongeli (born 1952), Congolese politician
Emile Brichard (1899–2004), Belgian cyclist Emile Burns (1889–1972), British communist and author
Emile Calmes (born 1954), Luxembourgish politician Emile Capgras (1926–2014), Martinican politician Emile Capouya (1925–2005), American writer
Emile Decroix (1904–1967), Belgian cyclist
Emile Despres (1909–1973), American economist and professor Emile Destombes (1935–2016), French Roman Catholic bishop
Emile Doumba (born 1944), Gabonese politician
Emile Duson (1904–1942), Dutch field hockey player
Emile Eid (1925–2009), Lebanese bishop Chris Emile, American dancer Jonathan Emile (born 1986), Jamaican-Canadian rapper, singer and record producer Taungaroa Emile, New Zealand actor Yonan Emile, Iraqi basketball player Emile Erasmus (born 1992), South African sprinter Emile Etchegaray (1879–1941), Brazilian footballer
Emile Garcke (1856–1930), English industrialist
Emile Haag (born 1942), Luxembourgish historian
Emile Hendrix (born 1955), Dutch equestrian
Emile Ilboudo, Burkinabé politician and diplomat
Emile Henry Lacombe (1846–1924), American judge Emile Lahner (1893–1980), Hungarian artist Emile Lahoud Jr. (born 1975), Lebanese politician and swimmer
Emile Janne de Lamare, French mining engineer
Emile Lejeune (1853–1916), United States Navy sailor
Emile de Lissa (1871–1955), Australian rugby union player Emile Littler (1903–1985), English theatrical impresario, producer and author Emile John Lussier (1895–1974), American flying ace during World War I Emile de Cartier de Marchienne (1871–1946), Belgian diplomat Emile Marchildon (1888–1967), Canadian ice hockey player
Emile Mollard (1895–1991), French general Emile Mond (1865–1938), German businessman Emile P. Moses (1880–1965), American Marine Corps Major General Emile Mosseri (born 1985), American musician
Emile Mota (born 1956), Chief of Cabinet of the late President of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Emile Nurenberg (1918–1990), Luxembourgish footballer
Emile G. Perrot (1872–1954), American architect Emile Yves Picot (1862–1938), French soldier and politician Emile Plantamour (1815–1882), Swiss astronomer Emile Rahme (born 1952), Lebanese politician
Emile Ratelband (born 1949), Dutch entrepreneur and non-fiction writer Emile Renan (1913–2001), American opera singer Emile Riachi (1926–2014), Lebanese physician Emile Roemer (born 1962), Dutch politician
Emile Saimovici (born 1993), Barbadian footballer
Emile Samyn (born 1997), Belgian footballer
Emile La Sére (1802–1882), American politician
Emile Sheng (born 1968), Taiwanese politician
Emile Sinclair (born 1987), English footballer Emile Smith (born 1977), South African field hockey player
Emile Temperman (born 1991), South African rugby union player Emile Paul Tendeng (born 1992), Senegalese footballer
Emile Wauters (1846–1933), Belgian painter
Emile Waxweiler (1867–1916), Belgian sociologist
Emile Wessels (born 1979), Namibia international rugby union player
Emile A. Zatarain Sr. (1866–1959), American grocer and food entrepreneur
Émile Émile Abonnenc (1905–1989), Soft redirect to Wikispecies Émile Achard (1860–1944), French internist
Émile Aillaud (1902–1988), French architect
Émile Ali-Khan (born 1902), French sprinter
Émile Allegret (1907–1990), French soldier and member of the French Resistance
Émile Amélineau (1850–1915), French archaeologist Émile Amoros (born 1995), French sailor Émile André (1871–1933), French artist and architect
Émile Van Arenbergh (1854–1934), Belgian magistrate, poet and biographer
Émile Asselin (born 1996), Canadian curler
Émile Bachelet (1863–1946), French-American inventor Émile Baes (1879–1953), Belgian painter, pastel artist, draughtsman and writer Émile Baffert (1924–2017), French cyclist Émile Banning (1836–1898), Belgian civil servant
Émile Barrière (1902–1936), French aviator Émile Basly (1854–1928), French trade unionist
Émile Baudot (1845–1903), French telegraph engineer and inventor Émile Baumann (1868–1941), French writer Émile Napoléon Baumann (1835–1910), French horticulturalist
Émile Belcourt (1926–2017), Canadian operatic tenor Émile Bénard (1844–1929), French architect and painter Émile Bender (1871–1953), French politician