Emswiler Family History
Emswiler Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Imbsweiler or Imschweiler: habitational name from Imsweiler in Rhineland-Palatinate. The second part of the placename is from Middle High German wīler ‘small village single building’ (from Late Latin villare from Latin villa ‘country house estate’ later used of a group of houses forming a settlement).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022