Emmeline (also spelled Emiline, Emmilene, Emmaline, or Ameline) is a female given name. The medieval name, a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element amal meaning "work". It was introduced to England by the Normans.
People
[edit]- Emmeline Hawthorne (born 1980), New Zealand actress
- Emmaline Henry (1928–1979), American actress
- Emmeline Hill (born 1974), Irish geneticist
- Emmeline Lott, British writer
- Emmeline Ndongue (born 1983), French basketball player
- Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928), British political activist
- Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence (1867–1954), British political activist
- Emmeline Stuart-Wortley (1806–1855), British writer
- Emmeline B. Wells (1828–1921), American writer
Fiction
[edit]- Emmeline, novel by Charlotte Turner Smith
- Emmeline (book), by Judith Rossner
- Emmeline, an 1819 book by Mary Brunton
- Emmeline (opera), composed by Tobias Picker with a libretto by JD McClatchy
- Emmeline Lucas, fictional character also known as "Lucia", in the Mapp and Lucia series
- Emmeline Vance, fictional character and member of the Order of the Phoenix in the Harry Potter series
- Emmeline Frost-Summers from Marvel Comics
- Emmeline Lestrange, fictional character in The Blue Lagoon
- Emmaline May, main character in "The Winged Horses of Briar Hill" by Megan Shepherd
See also
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