What does my name Emily mean?

Question

I'm doing a report in school about names and i wanted to know what my name means

Answer 1

It means "industrious, striving".

Answer 2

Emily means Rival

Answer 3

The name Emily is a female given name. It is the English form of the Latin gens name Aemilia meaning "rival": originally "those in the next valley," and therefore the root is the same as for "emulate" (not to be confused with the similar-sounding but unrelated Germanic names Amelia and Emma). It is one of the top ten most popular female names in the United States.

Famous bearers of the name Emily include:

Fictional Characters
Emily Bishop, a character from Coronation Street
Emily Kirk, a character from the ITV Soap opera Emmerdale
Emily a character from the Thomas the Tank Engine series
Emily, the Corpse Bride. A character from the 2005 stop motion movie The Corpse Bride.
Emily Elizabeth, a character from the children's books and PBS series Clifford the Big Red Dog
Emily Charleton, Miranada Priestly's assistant in the novel The Devil Wears Prada
Emily Gilmore, a character from the television show Gilmore Girls

Media
Emily Barclay, an New Zealand actress
Emily Brown, an American voice actress
Emily O'Connor, an American singer
Emily Browning, an Australian actress
Emily Carr, famous painter sometimes associated with the Group of Seven
Emily Deschanel, an American actress
Emily Dickinson, an American poet
Emily Erwin, an American country songwriter
Emily Haines, a Canadian singer
Emily Hart
Emily Osment, an American actress
Emily Picha, an American singer-songwriter
Emily Procter, an American actress
Emily Remler, an American jazz musician
Emily Saliers, singer-songwriter
Emily Tyndall, an American actress and dancer
Emily VanCamp, a Canadian actress
Emily Vinette, contestant on Canadian Idol
Emily Watson, a British actress

Politicians
Emily J. Reynolds, Secretary of the United States Senate

Science and Academia
Emily Stevens
Emily Oster, an American economist

Sports
Emily Hughes, an American figure skater
Suffragists
Emily Blackwell, the third woman to earn a medical degree in the United States
Emily Murphy, a Canadian women's right activist and the first female police magistrate in the British Empire
Emily Davison, a British suffragette
Emily Shenkl, a leader in the Indian Independence Movement

Other
Emily, Minnesota.
Emily (cartoon), a French cartoon that appeared on the Nickelodeon variety show, Pinwheel.
Emily (the) Strange is a cartoon character and merchandising mascot.
EMILY's List is a political action committee in the United States that aims to help elect pro-choice Democratic women to office. There is also an organization with similar goals in Australia by the name, EMILY's List Australia.

Also, the name is on the list of tropical cyclone names for storms in the Atlantic Ocean; see Hurricane Emily (disambiguation).

The Americanization of Emily is a 1964 WWII movie that was adapted from the novel by William Bradford Huie.

'The Exorcism of Emily Rose' is a 2005 horror film about the possession and exorcism of a Catholic girl named Emily Rose. It is actually based of the true story of a German woman named Anneliese Michel.

The Japanese Imperial Navy Flying Boat used in WWII, Kawanishi H8K, nicknamed "Emily" in the Allied identification code.

Emily is also an anagram for Early Money Is Like Yeast and Every Moment I Love You.

Emily is also a popular name to feature in song titles, from bands including From First to Last, Joanna Newsom, Barbara Streisand, Feeder, Pink Floyd, Simon and Garfunkel, Bowling For Soup, Stephen Fretwell, Adam Green, Manic Street Preachers, Bright Eyes, Of Montreal, Leon Russell, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Art Brut.

In 2005, Emily was considered to be the most popular baby name for a female based on the number of new social security cards bearing the name. As required by the SSA, only proper spellings of "Emily" are counted in the tally (i.e. variations such as Em are counted separately).

French: Émilie
German: Emilie
Italian: Emilia
Japanese: Emiri
Portuguese: Emília
Spanish: Emilia, Emely
Lithuanian: Emilia
Romanian: Emilia
Arabic: إميلي
polynesian:Emili

Answer 4

meaning: industrious, diligent and caring

Variations: Em, Emma, Emil, Ema

Those of this name or it's variations have a quiet, caring quality about them. Others feel secure around them and will find it easy to talk and work with them. There may be a tendency in others to depend to strongly upon them because the are so diligent in their efforts. Strong solid counsel is a forte with many of them, but the all will have a knack for saying the right thing at the right time. These individuals respond well to the spoken word of others. Things said lovingly to them are felt more lovingly. A voice raised can tear at their heart. The throat chakra is active within them, and thus the "word" has great impact and import. They must learn to develop reticence in speech, and they do have a gift for written or spoken expression, no matter how rough. Theirs is the poetic heart and soul with all of the inherent sensitivities.

Answer 5

Emily means rival

Answer 6

Instead of answering what your name means, why not answer what Emily means to you. Anybody can go to a web page to see the bookworm answer.

Answer 7

Emily means "rival"

You can find it at the link below: (in case you need to cite your source).
http://www.babynames.com/Names/name_display.php?id=1218

Answer 8

Check out the links below. You should find your answer there.

Mrs Librarian

Answer 9

Suspicious?

Answer 10

It means industrious or hard-working.