Emma Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, Girl Names Like Emma

Emma Name Origin: German
Pronunciation: em-ah
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Emma Name Meaning

A name gifted to queens and saints, Emma has a long history of use among the royal and powerful. Despite it all, she remains soft and sweet, the perfect choice for a precious baby girl.

Emma has always been a favorite among parents though she did see a dip in popularity from the 1940s to the 1990s before resurging again in the 2000s. She’s dominated birth announcements ever since, beloved for her easy spelling and pronunciation.

Emma ages gracefully, fitting in effortlessly in the schoolyard and boardroom alike. Along the way the name offers up nicknames for every age group from the cutesy Emmy to the mature Em. She’s the shortened sister of Emily and Emilia, providing the vintage charm parents love with the modern appeal they can’t resist.

Possibly the most famous literary character named Emma is the main character of Jane Austen’s novel Emma, a rich and independent woman who likes to meddle in the affairs of others. She and her friends eventually find love as the character learns and grows from her initial somewhat-selfish state.

Variants of the name include Emmeline and her contemporary counterpart Emmalyn. Similar names like Ella, Anna, and Lucy provide the same dainty dose of femininity.

Emma Name Popularity

How popular is the name Emma? Here’s everything we know.

Year	Rank	# Births	% Births
1910	34	2,591	0.7359%
1911	35	2,599	0.6979%
1912	35	3,350	0.6643%
1913	38	3,472	0.6124%
1914	39	3,960	0.5682%
1915	40	5,044	0.5552%
1916	41	5,212	0.5396%
1917	46	5,117	0.5115%
1918	46	5,320	0.4957%
1919	45	5,080	0.4851%
1920	46	5,231	0.4705%
1921	52	5,071	0.4429%
1922	50	5,013	0.45%
1923	53	4,966	0.4434%
1924	57	4,896	0.4216%
1925	57	4,702	0.416%
1926	59	4,476	0.407%
1927	65	4,321	0.3904%
1928	67	4,007	0.3745%
1929	69	3,789	0.3658%
1930	73	3,545	0.3394%
1931	76	3,299	0.3343%
1932	76	3,312	0.3352%
1933	76	3,138	0.3368%
1934	85	2,925	0.3026%
1935	89	2,784	0.2865%
1936	85	2,819	0.2926%
1937	90	2,729	0.2769%
1938	98	2,638	0.2577%
1939	89	2,663	0.2618%
1940	94	2,585	0.2432%
1941	100	2,518	0.2237%
1942	108	2,565	0.2031%
1943	115	2,390	0.1831%
1944	119	2,218	0.179%
1945	123	2,017	0.1654%
1946	132	2,041	0.1383%
1947	141	2,120	0.127%
1948	140	2,072	0.1298%
1949	147	1,961	0.1219%
1950	155	1,860	0.1155%
1951	174	1,704	0.1005%
1952	181	1,669	0.0956%
1953	196	1,564	0.0884%
1954	202	1,489	0.0815%
1955	212	1,426	0.0775%
1956	228	1,297	0.0687%
1957	248	1,168	0.0607%
1958	267	1,045	0.0553%
1959	271	1,028	0.0541%
1960	298	937	0.0495%
1961	310	852	0.0451%
1962	330	756	0.0412%
1963	352	683	0.038%
1964	341	737	0.0419%
1965	361	595	0.0364%
1966	365	576	0.0369%
1967	386	525	0.0346%
1968	428	449	0.0299%
1969	426	475	0.0308%
1970	419	487	0.0306%
1971	447	423	0.0281%
1972	419	422	0.031%
1973	450	372	0.0287%
1974	407	454	0.0349%
1975	425	427	0.0332%
1976	456	377	0.0293%
1977	435	424	0.0315%
1978	442	404	0.03%
1979	431	441	0.0313%
1980	419	481	0.0329%
1981	408	505	0.0344%
1982	414	518	0.0347%
1983	399	511	0.0346%
1984	339	644	0.0433%
1985	265	916	0.0603%
1986	208	1,246	0.0825%
1987	175	1,582	0.1037%
1988	160	1,771	0.1136%
1989	149	1,928	0.1195%
1990	129	2,407	0.1452%
1991	123	2,584	0.1585%
1992	104	3,209	0.201%
1993	80	4,102	0.2631%
1994	74	4,763	0.3104%
1995	67	5,044	0.3347%
1996	53	6,143	0.4103%
1997	36	7,739	0.5233%
1998	22	10,437	0.6973%
1999	17	11,728	0.7831%
2000	17	12,548	0.8214%
2001	13	13,307	0.8832%
2002	4	16,538	1.1036%
2003	2	22,704	1.4924%
2004	2	21,606	1.4176%
2005	2	20,339	1.3303%
2006	2	19,114	1.2207%
2007	3	18,372	1.1644%
2008	1	18,809	1.217%
2009	2	17,892	1.1971%
2010	3	17,338	1.2031%
2011	3	18,797	1.3193%
2012	2	20,934	1.469%
2013	2	20,936	1.4705%
2014	1	20,924	1.4361%
2015	1	20,435	1.4044%
2016	1	19,471	1.3504%
2017	1	19,738	1.4142%
2018	1	18,688	1.3602%
2019	2	17,102	1.2633%
2020	2	15,345	1.2056%
2021	2	14,224	1.1636%
2022	2	14,435	1.0942%

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Names Like Emma

If you like Emma, you’ll love these other names like Emma.

What names are diminutives of Emma?

A diminutive is a name that’s like Emma sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Emma, but shorter.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Em	Industrious, striving; work; rival; laborious; eager; entire, universal; emerald	Spanish
Emmi	Rival; laborious; eager; entire, universal	Latin
Emmie	Industrious, striving; work; rival; laborious; eager; entire, universal; emerald	Spanish
Emmy	Rival	German

What names are variants of Emma?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Emma.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Emalinda	Entire, universal	German
Emelina	Industrious, striving; work; rival; laborious; eager; entire, universal	Latin
Emeline	Peaceful home	German
Emelyne	Rival; laborious; eager; entire, universal	Latin
Emmalee	Peaceful home; rival; laborious; eager; entire, universal	Latin
Emmaline	Peaceful home; rival; laborious; eager; entire, universal	Latin
Emmalyn	Peaceful home; rival; laborious; eager; entire, universal	Latin
Emmalynn	Rival; laborious; eager; entire, universal	Latin
Emmalynne	Peaceful home; rival; laborious; eager; entire, universal	Latin
Emme	Entire, universal	German

Emmeleia	Entire, universal	German
Emmeline	Work	German
Emmelyn	Entire, universal	German
Emmelyne	Rival; laborious; eager; entire, universal	Latin
Emmett	Entire, universal	German

What names sound like Emma?

If you like how Emma sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Emma.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Alma	Nourishing, kind; soul; young woman; learned	Modern
Anna	Gracious	Hebrew
Ella	Other goddess	Hebrew
Emerald	Precious gemstone	Spanish
Emerson	Son of Emery	English
Emery	Home strength	German
Gemma	Precious stone	Italian

What names are similar to Emma?

Find a name that’s like Emma, but just a little bit different.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Amelia	Work	German
Audrey	Noble strength	English
Ava	To live	Latin

Charlotte	Free man	French
Claire	Clear and bright	French
Clara	Bright and clear	Latin
Emilia	To rival	Latin
Evelyn	Desired one	English
Hannah	Grace	Hebrew
Sarah	Princess	Hebrew

Lists With Emma

Find inspiration in these baby girl name lists featuring the name Emma.

Siblings of Emma

Mamas with kids named Emma also have kids with these names.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Raymond	Protector	English
Cathy	Pure	Greek
Coy	Son of Aodh	Irish
Henry	Home ruler	English
Robert	Bright fame	German
Caedmon	Poet	Anglo-Saxon
Easton	East town	English
Braydon	Descendant of Brad?	Irish

Aubree	Elf ruler	English
Cameron	Crooked nose	Scottish
Austin	Great	English
Natalie	Christmas Day	French
John	God is gracious	Hebrew
Eden	Paradise	Hebrew
Killian	Church	Irish
Charlette	Free man	German

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76 Comments

Felicia Dec 11 at 8:56 am

Emma is her great grandmother’s name.

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Kathryn Sep 24 at 7:58 am

It was my husband’s grandmother’s name

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Samuel James Levi Jul 1 at 8:23 pm

It’s a beautiful name

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Eleana Jun 29 at 6:06 pm

It’s a classic name it never goes out of style

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May Jun 5 at 2:35 am

My girl just started writing her name at school and glad it’s easy to spell.

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Marisa Apr 16 at 11:06 am

It’s beautiful and classic

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Allessia Mar 11 at 9:41 am

Our daughter is Emma Skye. We have loved the name Emma for over a decade and knew this would be our daughters name.

Emma Skye means Absolute Faith for a
miraculous creation.

She is our miracle girl. We have waited 22 years to have a baby!

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Angel Dec 26 at 10:10 am

Emma was my labor and delivery nurse when I had my daughter, she was absolutely phenomenal and probably the only reason i was able to keep pushing (metaphorically and literally LOL) through my labor and delivery. she made me feel strong enough to do what needed to be done and gave me the confidence that i needed to get through it. i’ll never forget her.

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kaitlin Dec 20 at 8:15 am

I chose her name from a dream I had

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Mariah Nov 22 at 3:47 am

I’ve always loved the name Emma, I love the way it sounds.

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gracie Oct 30 at 8:47 am

i wont be naming my child emma but i love the name its lovely and cute, my cousins name is emma and her middle name is rose, i think emma rose is an adorable name and love the meaning. ive met lots of people with this name but ive always thought its super cute and simple i like short names like this one like the name lilly ella ava elle etc, i think one of my kids middle names will be emma.

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- hannah Jan 23 at 8:53 am
  
  Emma is a pretty name! i also have a cousin called Emma and love the name as well!
  
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Chan Oct 23 at 9:19 am

Simple, short, and classic

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ehehr Apr 19 at 8:13 am

uhh uhhh yeah yesh uhhh ogmgggg yeassssss yesss uhh daddddyyyy yesss uhhhh 0mgggggg uhhhh

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- Emma Apr 29 at 8:03 am
  
  calm Down! I know I’m VERY attractive? You have no chance with me
  
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- Emma Apr 29 at 8:03 am
  
  You wanna face reveal?
  
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Tamara Mar 22 at 11:36 am

My husband prayed for God to tell us her name, and the first name that came to his mind was Emma. In Hebrew the name means “my God has answered.” And He truly has. Her middle name is Joy because we had gone through a dark season before conceiving her, but God brought us through and restored our joy!

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- Emma Joy Lyn Pullen Apr 22 at 11:37 am
  
  Wow my name is Emma! I love it, but sometimes I wish I could change it
  
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  - Emma Oct 16 at 2:06 pm
    
    Promise rings if you promise me not to have sex, then I will not have sex with anyone
    
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Dakota Jun 8 at 9:56 am

My husband and I just love the name Emma, and it fits her perfectly!

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Geanie Jun 6 at 4:07 pm

Her dad chose the name.
Last minute.
I wasn’t sure at first but I’m liking the name now. It’s different, there’s not a family
member with this name; to our knowledge neither.

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Amber Jun 4 at 10:36 am

It’s simple, elegant and hard to make fun of.

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Amber May 17 at 8:59 am

My husband and I have both wanted to different names in the beginning. He wanted the name Abby and I wanted the name Lena. Neither one of us wanted to give up on our name so we both agreed that we should both give up on our names and try to come out with a new name. As a teacher, my students were super excited about the new baby. They kept wanting to name her. I had them write all over their potential names and sticky notes and would bring them home nightly and read them to my husband. As I was reading through the names one night we came across the name Emma and we both said we really like that name. After I read the name Emma I read the name Kate. I remember telling my husband I really like those names together. He agreed and we both decided that that would be her name, Emma Kate.

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Sarah Apr 22 at 12:45 pm

I named her Emma because I wanted something that sounded cute with the middle name Lou. Lou is a family name from my grandmother and great grandmother. They both had the middle name Lou.

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Holly Dec 16 at 11:29 am

We have two boys ages 4 and 6. Our 6 year old began talking about wanting a “baby sister named Emma” when he was only 4 years old! He didn’t have any classmates named Emma in his pre k class so all I could think was that maybe he dreamed of this! He continued talking about her randomly and he kept asking us to have a baby sister when he was 5. When we found out we were pregnant after trying for almost a year we waited til the first sono to share the news with the boys and they were ecstatic! We found out later we were having a girl so of course our 6 year old was excited and kept asking if he could call her Emma. So we decided to let him name her!

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Christy Nov 8 at 3:23 pm

Family name!

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Lori Sep 4 at 12:05 pm

Emma was my grandmother’s name. She was a woman that I respected beyond measure. She was my rock and my mentor ?

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Heather Jul 28 at 3:17 pm

It was cute!

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Kristin Jul 20 at 5:44 pm

Timeless and classy.

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Greta Jul 16 at 12:48 pm

1. We needed a patron saint for our baby, and there is a Saint Emma. We had liked the name Emma when picking a name for the previous baby, but the name Anna Catherine suited her best. (She is extremely excitable and imaginative, personality-type INFJ. Our other, first, baby we named Inga Saskia. Calm, creative martial artist, personality-type ISFP.) We had forgotten about the name Emma this time, until we were about to go to the hospital for her to be born. My husband didn’t like my ideas, e.g. my favorite name was Olga, especially because of Saint Olga, and I didn’t like his ideas, e.g. the names Cecilia and Theresa, which I thought were both too long to pronounce, and Cecelia seems overly-delicate, and Theresa is outdated, like a name of someone almost my mom’s age, or of a much older sister of my husband slightly older than me, if he were to have one, and Theresa seems foreign compared to us: it is Spanish, but we are Americans of mainly Germanic and Slavic descent. I think our baby could have been an Olga just as well as an Emma (but my husband and I both love the latter). She seems serious, calm, and happy. Has a large build, light skin, wavy hair that might be called light brown but is expected to get darker, and the same gray eyes as her sisters have. She gets a lot of compliments. (You should post sets of pictures of all babies with each name, for people to see what babies with each name generally look like.)
2. Sounds pretty, looks pretty, easy to say and spell, has a meaning and a patron saint, stylish and classic. I think it would have been best and most traditional to have chosen a name that Emma is used as a nickname for, for a complete meaning, but we added the middle name Maria, more of one of my husband’s favorites than mine. The names Inga and Saskia are very rare, but a name such as Ermengild I think would have been going too far for him. I thought the nickname Emmy was cute, but he said it reminded him of the Emmy Awards and thus Hollywood, which is too political. So she is just Emma, or Emma Maria. Also, we have several Ingeborgs and a few Emmas in my family tree, and Marias and many Annas, Catherines, Anna Katerinas, etc. on both sides. Saskia is Frisian and some of my husband’s background is Frisian, but no known relatives with that name.
3. I think I have covered everything. Sorry to have “over-analyzed”. ?

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Kayleigh Hope Johnston Jul 11 at 11:04 am

Nine months ago I was sexually assaulted by a family friend me and my family thought we could trust and little Emma was the result of that attack. When I told my mother all she could do was cry and hug me and she helped me tell everyone else in my family what happened to me so that they could report him to the police and cut him and anyone related to him out of their lives. One month after my mother told me to take a pregnancy test and to my horror it came back positive. When I told people who weren’t in my family that I was pregnant they immediately assumed that I was going to have an abortion, every day a prayed to God, St. Anne, The Virgin Mary, and of course, Jesus. After a month of praying I knew that I wouldn’t kill my baby. My mother totally let me decide but was very happy when I told her I wasn’t going to kill my baby and promised to take care of her with me until I graduated and told me that I am always welcome to stay with her even during college. After I came to my decision we went to our church and the priest blessed me and my baby and thanked me for not taking the life away from a beautiful child of God. My pregnancy was hard and painful and I had to do online school for most of it but it is all worth it. I named her Emma MaryAnne Jennifer Johnston. Her first name means a lot to me because my beloved grandmother’s name was Emma and the meaning “whole” felt right to me because the man who assaulted me took something away from me, but Emma made me whole again. Her middle name “MaryAnne” is after St. Mary and St. Anne who I prayed to and helped me decide to keep her and they also guided me through my pregnancy. Her second middle “Jennifer” is after my mother who helped me all through my pregnancy and is the best mother a girl can have. She is already very close with little Emma. I am happy to say that on June 30th 2021 at 11:32 AM I became the mother to my sweet, healthy, baby girl. The day after the man who assaulted me was sentenced to 10 years in prison. My 15th birthday was yesterday and I am healing with happiness, God, my family, and little Emma.
If you become pregnant accidentally please think things over before you have an abortion, your baby has a heartbeat, a little face, a beautiful laugh and smile. Please do not take a life a away from one of God’s beautiful creations.

Much love,

Kayleigh

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- Linda Roberts Jul 14 at 5:30 pm
  
  Beautiful! You should be an inspiration to all young women! Kayleigh, you sound like a strong, smart, beautiful young woman. I’m here because my granddaughter’s name is Emma and now the name is even more lovely. There are somethings that only God can forgive and what that man did to you is one of them. I’m glad that you overcame what happened to you. I’m glad to see a young lady who is against abortion, too many women your age are “pro-choice” aka pro-babymurder. Every girl should read this post! I wish you, your family, and little Emma well.
  
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  - Rhonda Lee Jul 15 at 8:07 am
    
    Amen Kayleigh!
    
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    - Gramma Karen Jul 17 at 2:13 pm
      
      Beautiful story! There is a special place in Hell for men who assault little girls. I wish you and Emma a long and happy life!
      
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      - Carolyn Lee Jul 19 at 10:57 am
        
        This is a nice little Christian bubble on the unholy Internet. God bless you all! My granddaughter was saved by my daughter, she has down syndrome and the doctors almost demanded that she would kill her. I sat down and said, “Jessica Ann, whatever you do I will not be mad, I will be sad, but whatever you do is what you feel is right.” She saved my beautiful daughters life and I am forever thankful. Disabled people are just like everyone else, their life isn’t any less important than a able bodied person. My granddaughter is named Stella Carolyn and she is a beautiful happy girl. Thank you for choosing life for your daughter. God bless you, Emma, and your family.
      - Emma May 3 at 2:53 pm
        
        My name is Emma and I was almost harassed and at my age I was glad I was not pregnant
Samantha Jun 26 at 9:31 pm

As a young girl, my mom always said she loved the name Emma. For really long time I hated it for some reason! Then when we got pregnant with our girl after having two boys, we were over the moon. We were thinking of Emery, or Everleigh or Eleanor after my grandma who passed but my husband didn’t like either. He said how about Emma. I sat on it for a little while, I tried calling her Everleigh or Emery or Ellie but it always felt odd and off. I always came back to Emma. She is Emma Rose, Rose is after my grandmother. I literally just found this and found out her name means wholeness which is makes it so much more special because she was the missing piece to complete our family! She is our last child, and she made us all whole. ? Absolutely love her name.

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- Brandy Jul 24 at 8:42 am
  
  My daughter was born 6/12/22. Her name is Emma Rose. I thought inhad a dream where everyone kept calling my baby Emma, but I honestly believe now I came up with Emma from falling asleep while watching the TV show friends. The episodes where Rachel has a daughter named Emma must have found a way into my dreams..lol Rose was my great grandmother’s name. I never met her, just pictures.
  
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- hannah Jan 23 at 8:55 am
  
  my cousin is named Emma Rose as well!
  
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julianna Jun 5 at 10:01 pm

Just like the name and boyfriend dose to

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julianna Jun 5 at 10:00 pm

Just like the name

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julianna Jun 5 at 9:56 pm

I just the name

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Motherof38Kids May 21 at 2:53 pm

I named one of my 38 children Emma, she is quite the a nuisance. I was thinking of feeding her to the demons.

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Mama May 6 at 1:25 pm

Goes with names of
My other girls. Pretty, classic, feminine

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Michelle Apr 20 at 1:44 pm

Loved it since i was a little Girl

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Jessica Oct 28 at 10:37 am

Family and friends like it. Its one lettershorter than Grace.

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emma schroeder Oct 13 at 9:28 pm

My name is Emma, and i absolutely LOVE that name. I wouldn’t change it for the world.

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Sara Oct 9 at 12:17 pm

She is a miracle child! Cause we weren’t expecting her! She was kinda a surprise! She is a happy accident! And we both almost died during birth! I just love the name, we were going to have her name Emily or Elizabeth but her name fits her!

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Pam Sep 16 at 3:05 pm

She is named after my husband’s grandma and first name was picked by my grandma

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Elizabeth Sep 2 at 4:26 am

Emma sounds so sweet and beautiful. Emma kay . She fits the name perfect.

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Pam Jul 23 at 3:10 pm

I had my sweet baby girl 5 weeks early. She’s been growing stronger every day

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Janet May 17 at 11:51 am

It was my grandma’s name, born 100 years earlier (minus 2 weeks), plus, it works in Japanese kanji; my husband is Japanese.

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Mary Apr 7 at 11:47 am

We were having troubles figuring out a name when we came across emma it was a name that kept popping back up so it was like a sign that we should keep that name for our little girl.

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Anyela Apr 6 at 8:28 pm

I just love it

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Anyela Mar 16 at 9:50 am

When I found out that I was pregnant I started searching online for babies names and as soon as I saw Emma name I fall in love with it

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Kristine Mar 11 at 4:46 pm

My husband and I pick the name because we love the name Emma it’s a really cute name.

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Favour Feb 18 at 9:37 am

My first daughters name is Favour and my second is Emma. I have relations that bear both names. I have always wanted to name my daughters both names even before I got married.

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Anyela Jan 25 at 9:23 pm

I like Emma besucase it’s a short and easy name

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Anisa Jan 15 at 3:09 pm

Me and my husband were going threw baby names and I couldn’t pick a girls name.. I had 5 boy names picked and no girl names.. so I told him why don’t you pick the girls name..
We didn’t know the gender yet and the next day was when we were going to find out..
So with out hesitation he said “EMMA”
He said he has always loved the name.. and he never knew why he did.. so I said EMMA out loud and my little peanut started kicking..
so when we found out the gender it was meant to be..
I love it because of how we came about the name.. she kinda picked it…
Emma is also our miracle baby.. we got told we weren’t supposed to have kids..
we got told after giving birth that because of me having slings for my bladder and vag there was 1-10% to be able to get pregnant. We were trying for 5 years I lost 230 lbs and then April we got pregnant but that’s my story about Emma

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Mama Dec 16 at 9:42 pm

Emma means “Wholeness” and this pregnancy has been all about soul healing and wholeness in our family. Hours of conversation my husband and I about childhood trauma and how not to bring it into our family. We’ve been healing and finding wholeness!

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Sumayah Oct 26 at 11:26 pm

I just just looked at her and knew she was a Emma and it fit her perfectly

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Katie Oct 16 at 6:35 pm

My dad wanted to name me Emma Jane, but my mom thought it was”too hillbilly”. I have always loved that name. When I found out we were having a girl, there was no doubt I wanted that to be her name, although we compromised on her middle name and didn’t use Jane. I like that there are a few nicknames others call her, like Em or Emmy. Some day the meaning of Emma is “Whole; complete”. Which did perfect, because she honestly completes our family.

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DeElla Chandler Sep 2 at 7:55 am

Me and my husband went round and round on names. I like older names. He wasn’t a big fan of them. He wanted to name her River but spell it Ryver. I do not like that name at all. So one day while sitting in line at McDonald’s I said what about the name Emma? He said yeah I like that name. I wanted to name her Emma Grace but then he insisted we name her Emma Sue after his mom. Her middle name is Sue. So since I picked the first name I went ahead and went with Emma Sue. So that’s how our baby got her name Emma Sue.

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Heather Aug 16 at 4:05 pm

We both decided on this name. Yes, it’s a very popular name. But, it’s a good name.

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Bethani Aug 10 at 11:28 pm

I let her father pick a name for her that we would both love! He chose 1st name: Emma, Middle: Marie I absolutely loved it. After 2 of his great grandmothers one on each side of his family. We couldn’t have picked a better name for her.

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Elizabeth Jul 17 at 2:15 pm

It’s an elegant, feminine name, but yet not “pompous”. She can go into this world and be a professional or a tom-boy, or both simultaneously. It’s simple, traditional, and timeless.

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Emma Jul 15 at 10:55 am

I have just always loved the name Emma . My husband’s middle name is Jean , I wanted to use his middle name also. So Emma Jean is her first and middle name. I think it goes well together. I also love this name because it a nice classic.

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Stéphanie Jul 15 at 10:23 am

We chose Emma for two reasons, the first one is that I love the origins and signification of the name (Emmanuel << God with us >> or Hermione from German << Heime >>: << home >>).
The second is that I wanted to call my baby Eva and Daddy didn’t like it, so for me Emma was a very good compromise! 🙂

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Pricilla Jun 17 at 9:33 am

Love it all

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Pricilla Jun 17 at 9:29 am

Love it

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Rachel Jun 13 at 2:53 pm

We chose to name our daughter Emma because it means “whole.”

“People with their minds set on you, you keep completely WHOLE, steady on their feet, because they keep at it and don’t quit.”
Isaiah 26:3 (MSG)

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clara Jun 10 at 3:00 am

Emma was my grandmother’s name

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Nicole Jun 8 at 10:44 am

Emma is a classic name. It is easy to spell and pronounce and can be shortened or changed to a variety of nicknames as she grows. Emma has German roots and means whole or universal.

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Becky Pugh Jun 5 at 4:48 am

My husband and I spent weeks looking through baby names (before we knew it was a girl) and when I saw the name Emma I just stopped and said “that’s it.. it’s a girl and that’s her name!” My husband was a little frustrated that I refused to pick a boy name but I just KNEW that it was a little girl ?

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holly Apr 13 at 9:16 pm

My husband is a HUGE Texas Aggie sports fan and one of the best soccer players they had while we were there was named Emma Smith. Our daughter’s middle name is Sophia, named after my husband’s grandmother.

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Susan Apr 11 at 1:08 pm

It was my mother’s middle name.

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