The Emmy Awards are United States television production awards. "Emmy" was a feminization of "immy", a nickname used for the image orthicon tubes that were common in early television cameras.
-- Anonymous User 1/15/2007
Some people spell it Emy in Sweden. The perfect name for Emo-parents?
-- Anonymous User 1/15/2007
A mundane, ditzy-sounding name with few worthwhile bearers.
-- Anonymous User 6/29/2007
I know a girl whose name is Mary Elizabeth, but goes by Emmy (from the M from Mary and the E from Elizabeth). I think it's cute.
Emmy Nöther was an eminent 20th century mathematician and probably the most important woman in the history of mathematics.
-- Anonymous User 1/21/2010
Also a nickname for Emmaline or Emmeline. Very cute for a little girl! I would love to name my daughter this, but she'd probably go by Em as a teen/young adult.
I was surprised to see this on the top 1000 list. It should really only be used as a nick name... I mean, it's not the worst name out there, but its not very mature or professional. My guess is that it came back into the top 1000 because of the (over)use of the names Emma and Emily, and I guess parents were trying to be unique? Well, I do like it as a nickname, but nkt a full name. By the way I use it as a nickname for Emilia
-- Anonymous User 3/9/2013
Emmy's cute for a little girl, but once she turns 13 it sounds kind of silly. The name also makes me think of the Emmy Awards, which I find kind of annoying.