Emma

== English == === Etymology === Brought to England by the Normans; short form of compound given names beginning with a Frankish prototheme Ermin- or Irmin- "entire", from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛmə/ Rhymes: -ɛmə === Proper noun === Emma A female given name from the Germanic languages. ==== Usage notes ==== Used in England since the Norman Conquest, fashionable in the 19th century, and again in the U.K. from the 1970s to the 1990s, and in the U.S.A. in the 1990s and the 2000s. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== (pet forms) Em, Emmie, Emmy (female given names) Ermengarde, Irma (surnames) Emmett, Emmitt, Emmott ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === MMEA == Cebuano == === Etymology === From English Emma. === Proper noun === Emma a female given name from English [in turn from the Germanic languages] == Danish == === Etymology === From German Emma. === Proper noun === Emma a female given name === References === [2] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 21 325 females with the given name have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Emma. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Emma f a female given name == Estonian == === Etymology === From German Emma. === Proper noun === Emma a female given name == Faroese == === Proper noun === Emma f a female given name ==== Usage notes ==== Matronymics son of Emma: Emmuson daughter of Emma: Emmudóttir ==== Declension ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === From German Emma. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈemːɑ/, [ˈe̞mːɑ̝] Rhymes: -emːɑ Syllabification(key): Em‧ma Hyphenation(key): Em‧ma === Proper noun === Emma a female given name 1929 Väinö Siikaniemi/folk melody, Emma (song), in Suuri Toivelaulukirja, F-Kustannus Oy (2003), →ISBN, page 210: ==== Usage notes ==== Popular in Finland at the end of the 19th century and again in the 2000s. ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Emmi, Irma, Irmeli ==== Statistics ==== Emma is the 41st most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 15,432 female individuals (and as a middle name to 2,742 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === Anagrams === amme == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ.ma/ ~ /e.ma/ === Proper noun === Emma f a female given name, equivalent to English Emma ==== Usage notes ==== Popular in France in the 2000s. == German == === Etymology === Short form of compound female given names beginning with Proto-Germanic *ermana, Proto-Germanic *irmina "whole, entire". === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Emma a female given name ==== Usage notes ==== Name of medieval German saints and queens. Popular in Germany in the 19th century and becoming popular in the 2000s. ==== Related terms ==== Emmi, Emmy, Irma, Irmgard == Latvian == === Etymology === First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1852. From German Emma. === Proper noun === Emma f a female given name ==== Usage notes ==== Popular in Latvia in the end of the 19th century === References === Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN [3] Population Register of Latvia: Emma was the only given name of 687 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010. == Norwegian == === Etymology === From German Emma. First recorded in Norway in the 1790s. === Proper noun === Emma a female given name === References === Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN [4] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 8 241 females with the given name Emma living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011. == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈema/ [ˈe.ma] Rhymes: -ema Syllabification: Em‧ma === Proper noun === Emma f a female given name == Swedish == === Etymology === From German Emma. First recorded in Sweden in 1766. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Emma c (genitive Emmas) a female given name ==== Related terms ==== Emmy, Irma === References === Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN [5] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 69 488 females with the given name Emma living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011. == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Emma. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔema/ [ˈʔɛː.mɐ] Rhymes: -ema Syllabification: E‧mma === Proper noun === Emma (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ) a female given name from English === Anagrams === mema