Emori

Emori: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“uncertain”
Origin
Unknown
Say it
eh-MOR-ee · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls (90% of all uses)

As a given name, Emori has no widely established traditional etymology. It may be a recent coinage or influenced by names such as Emery, Emory, or Japanese surname patterns. The origin of this name is not settled among etymologists.

How popular is Emori?

202447.0 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 Emori in 2024156

2024 rank#1,523 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,394

Emori is rising: use over the last five years is 4.3× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Emori

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Avauncertain; possibly bird or life · Unknown
  • Mayauncertain; often illusion or water · Unknown
  • Ailanyuncertain · Unknown
  • Alanauncertain; often linked to little rock or handsome · Unknown
  • Leiauncertain; often used as a form of Leah · Unknown
  • Londonfrom London, place name · Unknown
  • Nayeliuncertain; often said to mean I love you · Unknown
  • Elorauncertain; perhaps from Eliora or Laura · Unknown

Emori questions

What does the name Emori mean?

Emori means "uncertain". It comes from Unknown. As a given name, Emori has no widely established traditional etymology. It may be a recent coinage or influenced by names such as Emery, Emory, or Japanese surname patterns.

Is Emori a boy or girl name?

Emori is mainly a girl's name in US records (90% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Emori?

156 US babies were named Emori in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Emori?

Emori is usually pronounced eh-MOR-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.