Emeline
EM-uh-leen
Germanic/French
Girl
Meaning-based name
- Meaning
- Industrious; Striving
- Origin
- Germanic/French
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Emeline does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Industrious; Striving", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Emeline.
- First appears in
- Does not appear in the King James text
- Peak US usage
- 1880s (0.009% of births), currently steady
- Spiritual meaning
- Emeline does not faint — girded with strength, reaping in due season, the industrious soul who never wearies of good.
- Verses on this meaning
- Galatians 6:9
"And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."
- Proverbs 31:17
"She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms."
- Galatians 6:9