Emma Name Meaning, Origin & Pronunciation

Emma means whole, universal. From the Germanic element ermin, meaning whole or universal.

Emma comes from the Germanic word element ermin, meaning whole or universal, and was probably first a short form of longer names beginning with it. It reached England with the Normans, when Emma of Normandy became queen to two successive English kings in the eleventh century. The name faded and returned in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, helped by Jane Austen's novel of the same title. Its two short syllables are easy to say in many languages, which suits families with ties to more than one country. Emmy and Em are common pet forms.

Variants of Emma

EmmaEmmyEmmieEmmelineEm

Well-known people named Emma

Emma Watson, Emma Stone.

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