Emmeline (given name)

Emmeline (also spelled Emeline, Emiline, 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.

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 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

See also

• Emeline (disambiguation)