Name of Latin origin, derived from Aemilianus, Roman cognomen, adjective of Aemilius ( Emilio ) derived in turn from aemulus meaning uneducated, competitor, who fights for equal or surpass its rivals. The most famous Emiliano among the Romans was Publius Cornelius Scipio Emiliano, nickname the African or the numantino by his conquest of Carthage in the Punic Wars ended with that and his conquest of Numancia, where Viriato soldiers had taken refuge in the II century a. d. C. near the current Soria.
