Ema


Gender:
Origin: German
34 famous people named Ema found on Wikipedia.
3856 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 1677-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 717-th in year 1883
Used in: Croatian, Czech, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish

Meanings

Emma is a feminine given name. It is derived from the Germanic word ermen meaning whole or universal, and was originally a short form of Germanic names that began with ermen. Emma is also used as a diminutive of Emmeline, Amelia or any other name beginning with "em". It was introduced to England by Emma of Normandy, who was the wife both of King Ethelred II (and by him the mother of Edward the Confessor) and later of King Canute. It was also borne by an 11th-century Austrian saint, who is sometimes called Hemma.
After the Norman conquest this name became common in England. It was revived in the 18th century, perhaps in part due to Matthew Prior's poem Henry and Emma (1709). It was also used by Jane Austen for the central character, the matchmaker Emma Woodhouse, in her novel Emma (1815).
It has been among the top names given to baby girls in the United States, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Ireland, France, Sweden, Belgium, Russia, Canada, Australia, Norway, New Zealand, Hungary, Finland, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain in the past 10 years. It began gaining popularity in the United Kingdom during the 1960s. By 1974 it was the fourth most popular name for girls in England and Wales. It was still in the top 10 as late as 1995, but had fallen out of the top 20 by 2005 and in 2009 it ranked at 41st.
It became popular in the United States later in the 20th century, reaching the top 100 names for girls in the late 1990s. It has been among the top 5 names given to girls since 2002, and was the most popular name for girls in 2008, 2014, and 2015.


Form of Emma: all-containing, universal.

Famous People: 34 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Ema D'Ávila 1916 Brazilian actress
2 Raja Ema 1968
3 Ema Kogure 1976 Japanese voice actress
4 Ema Tōyama 1981 Manga artist
5 Ema Elena Valdelamar 1925
6 Ema Ndoja 1968
7 Ema Klinec 1998 Ski jumper
8 Ema Gordon Klabin 1907
9 Ema Prodnik 1941
10 Ema Burgić Bucko 1992 Bosnian tennis player
11 Ema Bratakusumah
12 Ema Ramusović 1996 Montenegrin handball player
13 Marcos Rodriguez Ema Puerto Rican politician
14 Ema Pukšec 1834 Croatian opera singer
15 Ema Escobar 1896
16 Ema Derossi-Bjelajac 1926
17 Ema Pechová 1869 Czech actress
18 Ema Fujisawa 1982 Japanese actress
19 Ema Kuribayashi 1983 Cricketer
20 Ema Saikō 1787 Japanese calligrapher
21 Ema Wolf 1948 Argentine writer
22 Ema Druavesi Fijian politician
23 Shōko Ema 1913 Japanese poet
24 Ema Jagodic 1989 Slovene model
25 Ema Berta Portuguese painter
26 Ema Aničić Croatian karateka
27 Tsutomu Ema 1884
28 Ema Starc 1901
29 Ema Kugler 1955 Slovene director
30 Ema Šarišská 1941 Czechoslovakia member of Czechoslovak parliament and slovak nation politician
31 Ema Umek 1929
32 Ema Kajic 1996
33 Ema Abram 1876 Italian painter
34 Ema Hradil Croatian Esperantist