Émile is a boy's name of French origin meaning “to strive.” In 2024 it was given to 82 boys in the United States.
Émile belongs to the French tradition. Its meaning — “to strive” — is the sense carried by its French roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Émile first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #283 in 1882, and in 2024 82 babies received the name — 8,570 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Émile means “to strive” in its French roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Émile is a boy name. In 2024, 82 babies received the name in the US.
Émile comes from the French tradition.
Émile first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #283 in 1882, and 82 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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