Meaning & Origin
A male given name from Latin of Latin origin, an anglicized spelling of French Émile.
Emile is a boy's and girl's baby name of Latin origin, the French form of Emil, from the Roman family name Aemilius possibly meaning 'rival' or 'industrious.' Émile Zola — the French naturalist novelist who wrote Germinal and sent the famous open letter J'Accuse...! defending Alfred Dreyfus — is the name's literary standard-bearer.
Over 8,570 U.S. births are recorded. Emile has an intellectual, Gallic elegance — a name for someone who takes ideas seriously and writes about them brilliantly.