Emmeline (also spelled Emeline, Emiline, Emilene, Emmilene, Emmaline, Emmalyn, Emalyn, or Ameline) is a feminine given name. The medieval name, a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element amal meaning "work", was introduced to England by the Normans.
Contents
People
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 Ragot (born 1986), French downhill mountain biker
Emmeline Stuart-Wortley (1806–1855), British writer
Emmeline B. Wells (1828–1921), American writer
Fictional characters
Emmeline Lucas, character also known as "Lucia", in the Mapp and Lucia series
Emmeline Finch, character in the film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Emmeline Vance, character and member of the Order of the Phoenix in the Harry Potter series
Emmeline Frost-Summers from Marvel Comics
Emmeline Lestrange, character in The Blue Lagoon
Emmaline May, main character in "The Secret Horses of Briar Hill" by Megan Shepherd