Elmo

== English == === Etymology === From an Italian contraction of Erasmo, cognate with Erasmus. Also a German short form of Elmar. By folk etymology seen as a short form of Elmer. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛlmoʊ/ === Proper noun === Elmo A male given name from Italian. 1996 Chay Yew, A Language of Their Own, Two Plays, Grove/Atlantic Inc.: MING. About his name. Oscar. Asians always pick out the most curious and most discarded English names from books and TV. Like Cornelius. Elmo. Wellington. A city in Missouri. An unincorporated community in Texas. A town in Utah. An unincorporated community in Wisconsin. (This is a hot sense, kept provisionally) (derogatory or humorous) A nickname for South African-born tech entrepreneur Elon Musk. Synonyms: Apartheid Clyde, Elno, Elongated Muskrat, Phony Stark, Space Karen For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Elmo. ==== Derived terms ==== St. Elmo's fire ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Elmo (plural Elmos) (education, law, genericized trademark) A document camera. === Anagrams === melo-, Melo, molé, melo, mole, Mole, Lomé, moel == Estonian == === Proper noun === Elmo a male given name, equivalent to English Elmo == Finnish == === Etymology === Ultimately from Italian Erasmo. See English Elmo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈelmo/, [ˈe̞lmo̞] Rhymes: -elmo Syllabification(key): El‧mo Hyphenation(key): El‧mo === Proper noun === Elmo a male given name, equivalent to English Elmo ==== Declension ==== ==== Statistics ==== Elmo is the 261st most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,895 male individuals (and as a middle name to 463 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === Anagrams === melo == German == === Proper noun === Elmo a male given name, equivalent to English Elmo