Emil

Good name for a boy.

This name needs a revival right-quick. It would be much more defining than the overused Evan and Ethan (which aren't bad, just overused).

It's a cool and handsome name.

Sounds like evil to me.

It's okay; I'd never HATE it. It's just that the feminine form is more appealing to me...

I don't care for it at all.

Emil is a very rare and unique name. However I hate the pronouncation "A-meel" I prefer "EM-il".

When will Americans go back to using this name? Was the popularity of Emily the reason why Emil got scrapped in the US?

Sounds too much like "a meal".

One of my best friends is named Emil and he has a terrible home life. He lives with an abusive step dad and a mom who doesn't care about him anymore. He is a great person but affected deeply by his childhood. This name means a lot to me and the rest of the Star Oasis. I will most definitely name my son this if I ever have a child.

In Germany, Emil is exclusively a male name. Despite its fame because of the Kästner novel, most people I know tend to think of it as a name for rather dull, run-of-the-mill characters (I think Kästner tried to use that for effect, actually), so most of the time it wasn't particularly popular as a name for actual children. Since I got to know one or two young Emils fairly recently, this might have somewhat changed, though.

Earnestly, Emil sounds androgynous to me. It kind of sounds like the nickname of a tomboy Emily, but it does work for boys too.

Obviously the male form of Emily. It is also 'lime' backwards.

I've seen this name before and thought it was odd-sounding. Of course, that's because I was saying it wrong. Met an Emil (and heard how it was really pronounced) and it's beautiful; one of my favorites now!

What a cute, masculine name! :) It's totally underused & under appreciated where I live. :(

I believe Remi's brother in the movie ratatouille is named Emil, pronounced eh-MEEL. I like the pronunciation a lot and I think this is a really handsome, underused name (at least in modern day in the US) and very easy to grow up with :-)

I really like this name. I think it's very handsome and sophisticated.