Emma
Meaning of Emma
Emma, an English adaptation of the medieval Germanic short form of compound names beginning with the element ermen—denoting “whole” or “universal”—has, since the early nineteenth-century elevation of Jane Austen’s eponymous heroine, acquired a reputation for poised self-possession that resonates through Anglo-American culture; bolstered by royal usage in medieval Normandy, revived in Victorian Britain, and subsequently normalised in North America, the appellation now occupies a position of near-ubiquity, having secured a top-three berth in United States birth records almost continuously since 2003 and recurrently attaining rank 1, a demographic trajectory that underscores both its semantic connotation of completeness and its pragmatic appeal as a concise, phonetically transparent, cross-linguistic given name.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as EM-uh (/ˈɛmə/)
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Notable People Named Emma
| Emma Watson - Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson is an English actress who has ranked among the highest paid and was named to the Time 100 and Forbes 30 Under 30 lists. |
| Emma Stone is an American actress and film producer, a two time Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe winner who in 2017 was the highest paid actress and a Time 100 honoree. |
| Emma Raducanu is a British tennis player who won the 2021 US Open, became the first British woman to win a singles major since 1977, and reached a career-high WTA No. 10. |
| Emma Rose Roberts is an American actress, singer, and producer known as a scream queen for her horror and thriller roles, with Young Artist, MTV Movie and TV, and ShoWest awards. |
| Emma Lazarus was an American poet and activist best known for The New Colossus, the 1883 sonnet inscribed at the Statue of Liberty that welcomed refugees and later inspired songs by Irving Berlin and Lee Hoiby. |
| Emma Hayes is an English soccer coach, former Chelsea Women manager with seven WSL titles, now head coach of the United States women, and in 2024 she led them to Olympic gold and won the inaugural Women's Johan Cruyff Trophy. |
| Irish Canadian novelist Emma Donoghue is best known for Room, a Booker Prize finalist and best seller she adapted into an Oscar nominated film, and for award winning works like Hood and Slammerkin, earning honors such as the 2011 Alex Award and the 2025 Alice B Readers Award. |
| Emma Louise Willis is an English broadcaster known for her TV and radio work on Channel 5, BBC, ITV, and Heart FM. |
| Emma Corrin - Emma-Louise Corrin is an English actor best known for their Golden Globe winning portrayal of Diana in The Crown and for roles in My Policeman, Lady Chatterleys Lover, A Murder at the End of the World, Deadpool and Wolverine, and Nosferatu. |
| Emma Calvé, born Rosa Emma Calvet, was a celebrated French dramatic soprano. |
| Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont was Queen of the Netherlands and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, a beloved royal who served as regent for her daughter Queen Wilhelmina from 1890 to 1898. |
| Emma J. Ray was an African American activist, evangelist, and suffragist, also known as Emma J. Smith, Emma Smith, Emma J. Smith Ray, Emma Ray, and Mrs. L. P. Ray. |
| Emma Kearney is an Australian rules football star and former cricketer who won the 2018 AFLW best and fairest with the Western Bulldogs, has played for North Melbourne since 2019 and captained the club from 2019 to 2024, after earlier playing cricket for the Melbourne Stars and Victoria. |
| Emma Johnson is an American journalist, blogger, author, and equal parenting advocate best known for her blog Wealthy Single Mommy. |
| Emma Ann Hardy is a British Labour politician serving as Under Secretary of State for Water and Flooding and as the MP for Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice. |
