Emma as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Emma

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The baby name Emma is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈɛmə/ (EM-ə).

Emma is Germanic in Origin.

Gender: Female

Syllables: 2.0

Origin: Germanic

Pronunciation: /ˈɛmə/ (EM-ə)

What is the meaning of the name Emma ?

The baby name Emma is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈɛmə/ (EM-ə).

Emma is Germanic in Origin.

Emma is a Germanic name from the element ermen/irmin, meaning “whole” or “universal.” It began as a short form of compound names such as Ermentrud(e), Irmgard, and Ermenhild; medieval variants include Hemma and Imma. Introduced to England by the Normans, it was borne by Queen Emma of Normandy and by saints like Hemma of Gurk, securing widespread medieval use. After a period of decline, the name revived in the 18th–19th centuries and gained fresh visibility with Jane Austen’s Emma (1815). Since the late 20th century, Emma has frequently ranked at or near the top in many European and English-speaking countries.

Variants include Hemma, Imma, and Ema (in several languages); extended forms Emmeline/Emmaline and Emeline/Emaline. Diminutives and nicknames: Em, Emmy/Emmie, Emy. Though often associated, Emily and Emilia are etymologically distinct. The underlying sense of completeness lends Emma a succinct, enduring elegance.

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Name	Last Name(s)	Mother	Mother famous for	Fame Level	Father	Father famous for	Fame Level
Emma	Walton Hamilton	Julie Andrews	singer	★★★★★
Emma	Roberts				Eric Roberts	television actor	★★★★★
Emma	Schweiger	Dana Schweiger	model	★★★★★	Til Schweiger	television actor	★★★★★
Emma	Frances Gough				Michael Gough	television actor	★★★★★
Emma	Grimm	Anke Engelke	singer	★★★★★

Emma – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country	Gender	Year	Rank	Born	of
Norway	Girls	2025	#1	386	453
Ireland	Girls	2025	#1	—	874
Germany	Girls	2025	#1	—	411
Switzerland	Girls	2024	#1	377	1,786
NL	Girls	2014	#2	704	73
Belgium	Girls	2024	#2	455	424
United States	Girls	2024	#2	13,485	8,487
Austria	Girls	2024	#2	523	60
France	Girls	2021	#3	3,202	3,185
Canada	Girls	2024	#3	1,358	2,795
ET		0	#6	1	246
KH	Girls	0	#6	1	148
FJ	Girls	0	#8	2	583
IT	Girls	2024	#9	2,539	47
New Zealand	Girls	2010	#10	228	98
BF		0	#10	1	188
BI		0	#11	2	425
KR	Girls	0	#15	1	572
BF	Girls	0	#16	2	315
SV	Girls	0	#16	3	458
BW		0	#18	2	960
BN		0	#21	11	2,297
HN		0	#22	1	704
HT	Girls	0	#22	2	950
MT		0	#29	15	1,767
NA		0	#30	4	2,537
MV	Girls	0	#32	4	2,021
HN	Girls	0	#33	6	884
HT	Boys	0	#34	1	903
TM	Girls	0	#35	1	574
BN	Girls	0	#36	79	5,459
DK	Girls	0	#36	1,080	7,429
EE		0	#37	1	1,051
Finland	Girls	2026	#38	15,476	3,895
ID		0	#38	2	2,238
MO		0	#38	15	2,706
CM		0	#41	15	2,592
CN	Girls	0	#41	806	8,829
NA	Girls	0	#41	270	7,146
MT	Girls	0	#49	126	3,773
TW	Girls	0	#49	348	8,139
Iceland	Girls	2023	#52	524	60
LU		0	#53	14	2,830
TW		0	#53	48	4,523
Sweden	Girls	2022	#54	186	1,568
CY		0	#54	7	1,632
PR		0	#54	2	1,497
CN		0	#56	30	3,857
Finland	Girls	0	#58	2,228	1,368
PH	Girls	0	#66	513	13,098
AO		0	#69	9	2,729
AZ	Girls	0	#69	7	1,051
IN		0	#70	2	2,963
AL		0	#72	5	2,372
JP		0	#73	5	4,057
AF		0	#76	1	1,883
MV	Boys	0	#76	4	3,375
Finland		0	#77	525	830
BG		0	#81	2	1,799
PH		0	#81	16	5,607
ID	Girls	0	#82	17	3,319
CY	Girls	0	#83	39	3,755
QA		0	#83	18	7,011
LT		0	#85	4	949
MD	Girls	0	#85	8	865
DK		0	#90	145	5,198
JM		0	#90	4	3,714
GE	Girls	0	#91	14	1,564
AF	Girls	0	#93	2	2,402
KZ		0	#93	2	1,452
NG	Boys	0	#97	5,511	16,906
OM		0	#99	18	6,215
EC		0	#100	16	2,502
EE	Girls	0	#100	39	1,888
SD		0	#101	2	2,130
MY	Girls	0	#102	2,997	24,821
KW		0	#106	11	5,216
PR	Girls	0	#106	57	3,171
LU	Girls	0	#108	83	4,850
HU		0	#109	7	1,675
MO	Girls	0	#109	161	7,056
NL	Girls	0	#109	3,672	5,933
BW	Boys	0	#110	40	4,685
GH	Boys	0	#115	510	8,138
AE		0	#117	61	10,220
PA		0	#117	14	3,797
NG		0	#118	153	5,926
BW	Girls	0	#120	29	4,216
HU	Girls	0	#122	130	3,308
GH	Girls	0	#123	340	6,973
MU		0	#125	12	3,613
CR		0	#127	32	5,526
GR		0	#128	8	3,911
CY	Boys	0	#131	1	3,473
GH		0	#131	128	5,396
IQ		0	#132	2	3,533
RS	Girls	0	#132	6	1,651
BN	Boys	0	#137	3	6,332
QA	Girls	0	#137	191	15,378
JO		0	#138	3	2,158
GR	Girls	0	#150	95	6,293
LT	Boys	0	#151	1	2,166
NL		0	#152	291	2,481
HK	Girls	0	#153	1,020	16,104
AE	Girls	0	#154	509	20,968
RS	Boys	0	#154	1	2,277
IT	Girls	0	#156	17,027	9,415
SI	Girls	0	#159	16	2,769
Spain	Girls	0	#161	4,010	5,561
KW	Girls	0	#161	433	19,177
AR		0	#167	20	2,915
HR		0	#169	11	2,081
HR	Girls	0	#172	149	3,687
AL	Girls	0	#173	51	4,141
HU	Boys	0	#173	2	3,954
RU		0	#174	16	3,641
BO	Girls	0	#176	916	9,488
PR	Boys	0	#176	3	2,508
LT	Girls	0	#177	18	1,904
MT	Boys	0	#177	3	4,064
UY		0	#177	6	2,477
EC	Girls	0	#178	62	3,650
MX	Girls	0	#179	5,457	17,781
CZ		0	#182	5	3,154
SG	Girls	0	#184	620	18,916
RU	Girls	0	#185	567	11,913
AO	Girls	0	#189	21	4,575
MY		0	#192	146	12,352
BG	Girls	0	#193	31	3,559
Austria		0	#194	20	850
Spain		0	#197	340	2,326
PS		0	#197	22	5,692
CM	Boys	0	#198	600	12,054
CZ	Girls	0	#200	165	5,378
Austria	Girls	0	#202	292	1,885
OM	Girls	0	#205	197	15,987
CM	Girls	0	#206	481	11,671
JP	Girls	0	#208	38	6,592
SG		0	#210	60	11,010
PL		0	#211	2	2,600
SI	Boys	0	#211	1	3,402
BD		0	#217	11	5,992
LU	Boys	0	#219	2	4,970
AO	Boys	0	#223	20	5,568
IR		0	#224	8	4,221
HK		0	#226	131	8,483
JM	Girls	0	#227	33	7,507
ZA	Girls	0	#232	2,714	25,928
KZ	Girls	0	#234	88	5,862
PT		0	#235	12	4,161
PA	Girls	0	#237	289	9,861
IL		0	#241	34	6,291
EC	Boys	0	#244	3	3,322
ZA		0	#244	208	14,421
NA	Boys	0	#246	8	6,830
MX		0	#247	178	8,339
CR	Girls	0	#249	360	11,342
PL	Girls	0	#250	112	5,096
PE	Girls	0	#253	1,757	14,861
PE		0	#253	58	6,350
MU	Girls	0	#255	97	8,539
TW	Boys	0	#255	2	7,111
AR	Girls	0	#258	580	8,289
HR	Boys	0	#258	2	3,997
SA		0	#260	36	10,560
AR	Boys	0	#263	295	7,628
IT		0	#266	894	4,183
GR	Boys	0	#268	6	6,912
Germany	Girls	0	#270	1,132	4,949
GT		0	#275	40	5,948
BO		0	#278	104	6,868
CO	Girls	0	#278	2,573	16,140
JO	Girls	0	#281	45	7,570
PS	Girls	0	#287	274	10,981
Canada	Boys	1998	#289	5	1,858
JM	Boys	0	#292	2	6,876
IL	Girls	0	#294	421	11,648
KZ	Boys	0	#296	1	6,578
CN	Boys	0	#299	21	9,639
JP	Boys	0	#299	5	7,909
CZ	Boys	0	#300	6	6,530
AL	Boys	0	#301	3	5,122
GT	Girls	0	#302	226	7,500
SA	Girls	0	#303	886	25,931
SD	Girls	0	#306	40	7,678
SD	Boys	0	#312	136	10,523
DK	Boys	0	#329	4	7,401
PT	Girls	0	#331	128	7,952
IR	Girls	0	#332	212	8,334
CL	Girls	0	#334	858	14,098
PL	Boys	0	#334	7	6,459
UY	Girls	0	#334	201	6,731
Germany		0	#342	98	2,542
MU	Boys	0	#346	12	8,477
BD	Girls	0	#347	40	8,413
BR		0	#356	5	5,969
YE		0	#363	19	8,639
EG		0	#367	34	6,387
CL		0	#370	42	6,867
France	Boys	2001	#372	4	2,316
PT	Boys	0	#378	4	7,951
UY	Boys	0	#380	20	5,922
JO	Boys	0	#389	1	7,057
CO		0	#393	88	7,768
PH	Boys	0	#404	5	11,440
IQ	Girls	0	#407	98	11,303
BH		0	#416	138	17,937
LY		0	#426	111	12,703
Austria	Boys	0	#430	13	2,180
NG	Girls	0	#432	449	15,093
GT	Boys	0	#456	19	7,625
CR	Boys	0	#460	28	10,188
RU	Boys	0	#490	16	12,621
EG	Girls	0	#498	592	14,742
PA	Boys	0	#498	8	9,305
HK	Boys	0	#516	12	12,905
LB		0	#523	136	13,263
PS	Boys	0	#533	16	10,655
IR	Boys	0	#558	8	10,162
TN		0	#571	286	13,765
BO	Boys	0	#572	21	9,244
IN	Girls	0	#587	45	13,121
BD	Boys	0	#600	6	10,045
DZ		0	#606	728	20,130
IL	Boys	0	#619	7	10,983
CL	Boys	0	#643	23	13,390
SY		0	#651	78	11,684
IQ	Boys	0	#654	14	13,071
MX	Boys	0	#654	348	16,355
MA		0	#664	552	20,986
QA	Boys	0	#677	31	18,093
SG	Boys	0	#683	15	17,960
KW	Boys	0	#746	24	18,755
BR	Boys	0	#778	8	12,213
CO	Boys	0	#802	119	15,656
EG	Boys	0	#840	47	15,035
PE	Boys	0	#846	33	14,506
Spain	Boys	0	#857	74	5,610
OM	Boys	0	#864	18	17,948
United States	Boys	2024	#877	16	7,044
BR	Girls	0	#888	54	12,708
ZA	Boys	0	#888	297	25,619
NL	Boys	0	#901	51	5,873
Germany	Boys	0	#912	41	5,697
AE	Boys	0	#993	100	22,615
MY	Boys	0	#1,027	85	25,439
TR		0	#1,029	183	19,440
IN	Boys	0	#1,034	6	16,750
IT	Boys	0	#1,144	330	10,046
SA	Boys	0	#1,569	46	28,008

Emma is popular in 103 countries — most recent births per country:

France

Norway

Ireland

Scotland, United Kingdom

Canada

Belgium

Brussels, Belgium

Flanders, Belgium

Wallonia, Belgium

New South Wales, Australia

Germany

England & Wales, United Kingdom

Switzerland

Sweden

United States

Austria

New York City (Asian & Pacific Islander), United States

New York City (Black, non-Hispanic), United States

New York City (Hispanic), United States

New York City (White, non-Hispanic), United States

New Zealand

Austria

Germany

Spain

Finland

Iceland

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