71%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage English Pronounced Pron. EHM-it [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Variant of Emmett. It is used in Ireland in honour of the nationalist and rebel Robert Emmet (1778-1803). PopularityDetails Last ranked #95 in 1998 Ireland Last ranked #948 in 2017 United States People think this name isRate·Details natural strong strange simple nerdy Categories currently out of the US top 1000, Keeping Up Appearances characters, Pokemon characters, surnames, Tamora Pierce characters