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View Name: Emerson


EMERSON
GENDER: Masculine & Feminine
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: EM-ər-sən   [key]
Meaning & History
From an English surname meaning "son of EMERY". The surname was borne by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), an American writer and philosopher who wrote about transcendentalism.
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VARIANT: Emmerson
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United States  ranked #387 for boys
 ranked #275 for girls		 



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