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Emerald

Emerald: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“green gemstone”
Origin
English
Say it
EM-er-uhld · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls (95% of all uses)

Word-name from the gemstone, ultimately from Greek smaragdos via Old French and Latin. Used as a given name in the English-speaking world.

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How popular is Emerald?

2024127 per million US babies
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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 Emerald in 2024422

2024 rank#707 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18809,651

Emerald is rising: use over the last five years is 2.4× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Emerald

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Oliviaolive tree · English
  • Evelyndesired; little bird · English
  • Harperharp player · English
  • Violetviolet flower · English
  • Hazelhazel tree · English
  • Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
  • Lilylily flower · English
  • Scarlettscarlet, bright red · English

Emerald questions

What does the name Emerald mean?

Emerald means "green gemstone". It comes from English. Word-name from the gemstone, ultimately from Greek smaragdos via Old French and Latin. Used as a given name in the English-speaking world.

Is Emerald a boy or girl name?

Emerald is mainly a girl's name in US records (95% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Emerald?

422 US babies were named Emerald in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Emerald?

Emerald is usually pronounced EM-er-uhld.

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.