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Emani

Emani: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“wishes, aspirations”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
ee-MAH-nee · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls (93% of all uses)

Usually a variant transliteration of Arabic Amani, from a plural noun meaning wishes or aspirations. The spelling Emani can also occur as a modern English-form name, so usage may vary.

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How popular is Emani?

202460.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Emani in 2024198

2024 rank#1,318 girls

Peak year2019

Total US babies since 18806,607

Emani has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Emani

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Laylanight · Arabic
  • Lylanight · Arabic
  • Aaliyahexalted, rising · Arabic
  • Amiraprincess; commander · Arabic
  • Lilahnight · Arabic
  • Lilanight · Arabic
  • Nylaattainer; successful · Arabic
  • Zarablooming flower · Arabic

Emani questions

What does the name Emani mean?

Emani means "wishes, aspirations". It comes from Arabic. Usually a variant transliteration of Arabic Amani, from a plural noun meaning wishes or aspirations. The spelling Emani can also occur as a modern English-form name, so usage may vary.

Is Emani a boy or girl name?

Emani is mainly a girl's name in US records (93% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Emani?

198 US babies were named Emani in 2024. Its peak year was 2019.

How do you pronounce Emani?

Emani is usually pronounced ee-MAH-nee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.