Emelina is a Spanish and Italian form of Emmeline, a medieval name that goes back to the Germanic amal and means "work" or "industrious"; it is also used as a lengthened form of Emilia. The name is traditional in Latin America and the Philippines and has a soft, old-fashioned charm. In the United States Emelina is rare but climbing, from around number 4400 in 2015 to number 2869 in 2025, its best rank in the data.