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Emmy

Emmy: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“whole or universal”
Origin
Germanic
Say it
EM-ee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Emmy is commonly a pet form of names such as Emma, Emmeline, or Emilia. As a standalone name, it is usually linked to Emma, from a Germanic element meaning whole or universal.

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How popular is Emmy?

2024207 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 Emmy in 2024690

2024 rank#453 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 188012,264

Emmy is rising: use over the last five years is 1.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Emmy

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Emmawhole, universal · Germanic
  • Ameliawork · Germanic
  • Ellaall, completely · Germanic
  • Alicenoble type · Germanic
  • Adelinenoble · Germanic
  • Milliegentle strength · Germanic
  • Aubreyelf ruler · Germanic
  • Adanoble · Germanic

Emmy questions

What does the name Emmy mean?

Emmy means "whole or universal". It comes from Germanic. Emmy is commonly a pet form of names such as Emma, Emmeline, or Emilia. As a standalone name, it is usually linked to Emma, from a Germanic element meaning whole or universal.

Is Emmy a boy or girl name?

Emmy is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Emmy?

690 US babies were named Emmy in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Emmy?

Emmy is usually pronounced EM-ee.

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.