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Elzette f Afrikaans
Contraction of Elizette and diminutive of Elze.
Elzhan m Kazakh
Kazakh form of Elcan
Elzhana f Kazakh
Feminine form of Elzhan
Elziko f Georgian (Rare)
Diminutive of Elza.
Elżunia f Polish, Kashubian
Polish diminutive of Elżbieta and Kashubian diminutive of Elżbiéta.
Elzy f & m American
Variant of Elzie. Diminutive of names containing Elz or Els or similar sounds.
Éma f Kashubian
Kashubian form of Emma.
Ema f Fijian, Maori, Melanesian, Samoan
Maori, Fijian, and Samoan form of Emma.
Emaan f & m Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic إيمان or Urdu ایمان (see Iman).
Emaline f English
Variant of Emmaline.
Emanaia f Romani
Romani corruption of Herminia.
Emannuella f Banat Swabian
Banatswabian borrowing of Emanuela.
Emanoel m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian variant of Emanuel.
Emanoila f Romanian
Feminine form of Emanoil.
Émanuél m Kashubian
Kashubian form of Emmanuel.
Emanuèl m Gascon
Gascon form of Emmanuel.
Emanuël m Dutch
Variant of Emmanuël.
Émanuela f Kashubian
Kashubian feminine form of Emmanuel.
Emanueline f Louisiana Creole
Louisiana Creole diminutive of Emmanuelle.
Emanuelis m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Emmanuel.
Emanuellu m Corsican (Rare)
Corsican form of Emanuel.
Emanuels m Latvian
Latvian form of Emmanuel.
Emathion m Greek Mythology
Derived from the Homeric Greek adjective ἠμαθόεις (emathoeis) meaning "sandy", which is ultimately derived from the Greek noun ἄμαθος (amathos) meaning "sand, dust, sandy soil"... [more]
Emazteona f Medieval Basque
Derived from Basque emazte "wife" and on "good".
Emberlin f English (Modern, Rare)
Either a variant of Emberlynn, or a transferred use of the surname (see Emberlin).
Embèrt m Gascon
Variant of Ambèrt.
Embeth f English (Rare)
Contraction of Emily and Elizabeth. Embeth Davidtz (1965-) is a South African actress.
Embeth f Germanic Mythology, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
The name of one of the three Beten (or Bethen, Beden), a German group of three saints. They are adored in minor churches and chapels in South Tyrol (Italy), Upper Bavaria, Baden and the Rhineland... [more]
Embjør f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Dialectal short form of Embjørg.
Embjørg f Norwegian
Dialectal form of Ingebjørg.
Emblyn f Cornish, Medieval English
Late medieval English variant of Emmeline. Common in the 16th and 17th centuries, this name eventually died out in England in the 19th century, though it survived in Cornwall.
Embret m Norwegian
Variant of Engebret, a Norwegian form of Engelbrekt.
Embry m & f Literature, English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Embry. It was used by Stephenie Meyer for a character in her 'Twilight' series of books.
Embun f & m Malay, Indonesian
Means "dew" in Malay and Indonesian.
Emebet f Ethiopian, Amharic
Derived from Amharic ’əmäbēt "royal lady", this (former) honorific is nowadays used as a given name.... [more]
Emed m Sundanese
Sundanese diminutive of Ahmad or Muhammad.
Emée f Picard
Picard form of Aimée.
Emeel m Mongolian
Means "saddle" in Mongolian.
Emeli f English (Modern), Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Emily. A notable bearer is Scottish singer Emeli Sandé.
Émelia f Louisiana Creole
Louisiana Creole cognate of Emelia and Emelie (via Emélie).
Emelía f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Emelia.
Emelian m Norwegian (Rare)
Masculine form of Emelia.
Emelíana f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Emeliana.
Emeliana f Finnish (Rare)
Feminine form of Emelian.
Emeliane m Georgian (Rare)
Georgian form of Aemilianus (see Emiliano).
Emelien f Flemish
Variant of Emmelien.
Émelise f Louisiana Creole
18th and 19th-century elaboration of Émelia and Émelie with the then-popular feminine name suffix -lise.
Emelita f Spanish (Philippines)
A diminutive of Emily or other names beginning in Em.
Emelius m Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic)
Either a variant of Aemilius (see Emil) or a masculine form of Emelia.
Emell f Manx
Variant of Aimil.
Emelye f Literature
Medieval variant of Emily used by Geoffrey Chaucer in his 14th-century story 'The Knight's Tale'.
Emelyne f French
Variant of Emeline.... [more]
Emer m Mormon
Early Jaredite king and son of Omer.
Emeralda f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic adoption of Emerald.
Emeranthe f French (Acadian)
Either a variant of Amarante or possibly of Emérance.
Emérantienne f French
Local variant of Emérentienne found in the Bourgogne region up until the 1700s.
Émeraude f French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)
Derived from French émeraude "emerald".
Emerenc f Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian feminine form of Emerentius. The writer Magda Szabó used it for a character in her novel 'The Door' (1987).
Emerencia f Hungarian, Spanish (Rare)
Hungarian and Spanish form of Emerentia.
Emerenciana f Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Medieval Flemish
Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese and medieval Flemish form of Emerentiana.
Emerencija f Croatian (Rare), Lithuanian (Archaic), Serbian (Rare)
Croatian, Lithuanian and Serbian form of Emerentia.
Emerencja f Polish
Polish form of Emerentia.
Emerentia f Late Roman, Dutch, German (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Feminine form of Emerentius. This name belonged to an early Christian martyr, and is also assigned to the mother of Saint Anna and grandmother of the Virgin Mary in some late 15th-century European traditions.
Emerentiana f Late Roman, Medieval Italian, Dutch, Flemish, German (Bessarabian), History (Ecclesiastical)
Feminine form of Emerentianus. Saint Emerentiana was a Roman martyr, who lived around the start of the 4th century. Her feast day is January 23.
Emerentianus m Late Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from Emerentius.
Emerentse f Norwegian (Archaic)
Norwegian variant of Emerentia.
Emerenz f & m Upper German (Rare)
Upper German form of Emerenzia and Emerenzius.
Emerenzia f Upper German, Italian (Rare)
Italian and Upper German variant of Emerentia.
Emerenziana f Italian, Sardinian
Italian and Sardinian form of Emerentiana.
Emerenzio m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Emerentius. A notable bearer of this name is the Italian politician Emerenzio Barbieri (b. 1946).
Emèria f Catalan (Rare)
Catalan form of Emeria.
Emeria f Late Roman
Shorter form of Emerentia.... [more]
Emeric m Romanian (Rare)
Romanian form of Emmerich.
Emerich m Banat Swabian
Banatswabian form of Emmerich.
Emerico m Italian
Variant of Amerigo (see Emmerich).
Emérita f Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Emerita.
Emerita f Late Roman, Catalan (Rare), Latvian (Rare), German (Swiss), Romansh, Hungarian
Derived from Latin emeritus "earned, completed one's service" (past participle form of emereo; see Emerentius). This was the name of a Roman-era saint, martyred with Saint Digna in 259.
Emerite f Louisiana Creole
Louisiana Creole form of Emerita.
Emerka f Hungarian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Emerencia, used as a given name in its own right.
Emerre m & f Medieval English
Variant of Emery.
Emeryk m Polish
Polish form of Emmerich.
Emeryka f Polish
Feminine form of Emeryk.
Emeryn f English
Variant of Emerine.
Emeteri m Basque, Catalan (Rare)
Basque and Catalan form of Emeterius.
Emetilda f Louisiana Creole
Creole variant of Matilda. Compare Acadian Métilde.
Emette f French (Archaic)
Vernacular form of Amata.
Emfrid f Swedish (Rare)
Younger, dialectal form of Arnfríðr predominantly found in Norrland.
Emi f Slovene
Diminutive of Ema 1.
Emi m & f Spanish
Short form for Emilia, Emilio, Emiliana or Emiliano.
Emica f Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Serbian and Slovenian diminutive form of Ema 1 and Emilija, used in its own right.
Emich m Medieval German
Medieval German contracted form of Emmerich. Known bearers of this name include count Emich IV of Leiningen (c. 1215-1279), bishop Emich I of Worms (born long before 1294, died in 1299) and count Emich I of Nassau-Hadamar (born before 1289, died in 1334).
Emicho m Medieval German
Variant form (if not a pet form) of Emich.... [more]
Emidia f Italian
Feminine form of Emidio.
Emika f Japanese
From Japanese 恵 (e) meaning "favour, benefit" or 絵 (e) meaning "picture, painting" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" and 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase"... [more]
Emika f Slovene
Diminutive of Ema 1.
Émil m Kashubian
Kashubian form of Emil.
Émila f Kashubian
Kashubian form of Emilia.
Emila f Albanian
Feminine form of Emil.
Émiland m French (Archaic), History (Ecclesiastical)
Variant of Émilien. Saint Émiland de Nantes, also known as Émilien de Nantes (Émilien of Nantes in English), was a French religious leader who was canonized by the church as a martyr for dying in a fight against the Saracens in Burgundy in 725 AD.
Emilande f French (Rare)
Feminine form of Emiland.
Emilcia f Polish
Diminutive of Emilia.
Emilda f Various
Variant of Imelda.
Emilé f Jèrriais
Jèrriais form of Emily.
Emilė f Lithuanian
Variant form of Emilija.
Emilene f Basque
Basque form of Emiliana.
Émilia f French
French form of Emilia.
Emilián m Czech, Hungarian
Czech and Hungarian form of Aemilianus.
Emilíana f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Emiliana. A well-known bearer of this name is Icelandic singer Emilíana Torrini.
Emiliána f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Emiliana.
Emilianne f English (Rare)
Likely a variant of Emiliana by way of French Emiliane.
Emiliano f Provençal
Provençal form of Émilienne.
Emilians m Latvian (Rare)
Latvian form of Emilian.
Emilianus m Dutch
Variant of Aemilianus (see Emiliano).
Emilienne f French (Acadian, Archaic)
Variant of Émilienne found in New Brunswick and Maine.
Emiliia f Ukrainian
Variant transcription of Емілія (see Emiliya)
Emilijan m Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of Emiliano.
Emilijana f Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Serbian and Slovene form of Emiliana.
Emilijus m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Aemilius (see Emil).
Emilijutė f Lithuanian
Diminutive of Emilija. Compared to names containing the -utė diminutive suffix, e.g. Birutė, this name hasn't been used as an official given name.
Emiline f Danish (Rare), Flemish (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Danish and Flemish form of Emilina and French variant of Émiline.
Emilìo f Provençal
Provençal form of Émilie.
Émilion m Breton (Gallicized), French (Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic)
Breton form of Émile and/or Émilien as well as a French diminutive of Émile and variant of Émilien.... [more]
Emìliu m Sardinian
Sardinian form of Emil.
Emiliu m Corsican, Sicilian
Corsican and Sicilian form of Emil.
Emilius m Danish, Dutch
Variant of Aemilius (see Emil).
Emiliy m Russian
Russian form of Aemilius (see Emil).
Emiljana f Slovene, Albanian
Slovene variant of Emilijana and Albanian form of Emiliana.
Emiljano m Albanian
Albanian borrowing of Emiliano.
Emilka f Polish
Diminutive of Emilia.
Emille f Basque (Rare)
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Emilia and Émilie.
Emillene f Basque (Rare)
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Emiliana and Émilienne.
Emilunia f Polish
Diminutive of Emilia.
Emilusia f Polish
Diminutive of Emilia.
Emilý f Icelandic, Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese form of Emily.
Emilya f Armenian, Azerbaijani, English (Modern, Rare), French (Modern, Rare)
Armenian and Azerbaijani feminine form of Aemilius (see Emily) as well as an English variant of Emilia and a French variant of Émilia.
Emilynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Elaboration of Emily using the popular name suffix lyn.
Emina f Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
Diminutive of Emma.
Eminda f Norwegian (Rare)
Either a combination of Emilie and Aminda or a variant of Minda.
Emîr m Kurdish
Kurdish form of Amir 1.
Emiree f & m English (Modern)
Variant spelling of Emery
Emiri f Japanese
Japanese feminine name derived from 英 (e) meaning "flower, petal, leaf, fine, bright" or 絵 (e) meaning "sketch, paint, draw" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful, beauty", and 里 (ri) meaning "village"... [more]
Emiri m Medieval Basque
Medieval Basque form of Emilio.
Emirjeta f Albanian
Derived from Albanian ë mirë "good" and jetë "life".
Emiru f Japanese
From Japanese 依 (e) meaning "reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore, due to", 永 (e) meaning "eternity, long, lengthy", or 慧 (e) meaning "wise", combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful, beauty" and 瑠 (ru) meaning "lapis lazuli"... [more]
Emjay f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Phonetic spelling of the initials MJ.
Émka f Kashubian
Diminutive of Émanuela.
Emka f Croatian, Kashubian
Croatian diminutive of Ema 1 and Kashubian diminutive of Éma.
Emmalee f English (Modern)
Variant of Emily, or a combination of Emma and Lee.
Emmaleigh f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Combination of the names Emma and Leigh. Could also be considered a variant of Emily.
Emmalouise f English (Rare)
Combination of Emma and Louise.
Emmaly f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Emily, the spelling influenced by Emma.
Emmamae f English (Rare)
Combination of Emma and Mae.
Emmanouela f Greek
Feminine form of Emmanouil.
Emmanouella f Greek
Female form of Emmanouil.
Emmanuèl m Provençal
Provençal form of Emmanuel.
Emmanuël m Dutch
Dutch form of Emmanuel.
Emmanuela f Greek (Modern, Rare), Italian (Rare), Provençal, Western African
Provençal feminine form of Emmanuèl and Italian variant of Emanuela, as well as an alternate transcription of Greek Εμμανουέλα (see Emmanouela).
Emmanwel m Maltese
Maltese form of Emmanuel.
Emmarentia f Afrikaans
Variant of Emerentia influenced by Emma.
Emmarie f English (Modern), Filipino
Strictly feminine variant of Emery, the spelling probably influenced by Emma and Marie.
Emmchen f German (Rare)
Diminutive of Emma, as it contains the German diminutive suffix -chen.... [more]
Emmeke f Dutch, Flemish
Diminutive of Emma (and in some cases also of Emilia), as it contains the Dutch diminutive suffix -ke.
Emmelinde f German (Rare, Archaic)
Simplified form of Ermelinda, maybe showing a contamination from Emmeline.... [more]
Emmeram m German (Rare), History (Ecclesiastical)
Germanic name, in which the second element is hramn meaning "raven". The first element is often said to be heim meaning "home" (which would thus make this name a relative of Heimeran), but it could also be amal meaning "work, labour" or ermen meaning "whole, universal"... [more]
Emmerik m Dutch
Dutch form of Emmerich.
Emmery m & f English
Variant of Emory.
Emmey f English
Variant of Emmy.
Emmija f Latvian (Rare, Archaic)
Latvian borrowing of Emmy.
Emmot f Medieval English
Diminutive of Emm, the English form of Norman Emma.
Emmott f Medieval English
Variant of Emmot, which was a diminutive of Em, the Middle English vernacular form of Emma.
Emmuska f Hungarian
Diminutive of Emma. The novelist Baroness Emma "Emmuska" Orczy (1865-1947) wrote The Scarlet Pimpernel series.
Emmý f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic form of Emmy.
Emna f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic آمنة (see Amna or Amina 1) chiefly used in Tunisia.
Emnilda f Medieval Slavic, Medieval German, Medieval Polish
The name is apparently of Germanic origin. The first part of the name is a little difficult to explain, it can go back to the name element irmin "whole, universal" or to a name element aman related to amal "work, labour"... [more]
Emo m Ligurian
Ligurian form of Erasmus.
Emogeane f English (American, Rare)
Variant spelling of Emogene. This was the birth name of the American actress Imogene Coca (1908-2001).
Emon m Bengali
Bengali form of Iman.
Emon f Thai
Means "sweet, beautiful, charming" in Thai.
Emorn f Thai
Alternate transcription of Emon.
Emou m Provençal, Niçard
Niçard diminutive of Aimat.
Empanda f Roman Mythology
Meaning uncertain. Theories include a derivation from Latin pandere, meaning "to open" or panem dare, meaning "to give bread", reflecting the role of Empanda as a possible goddess of bread or food... [more]
Empedia f Ancient Greek
Feminine equivalent of Empedion.
Empedion m Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek ἔμπεδος (empedos) meaning "steadfast", literally "(firm) on the feet".
Empedocles m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Empedokles. This name was notably borne by a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from the 5th century BC.
Empedokles m Ancient Greek
Derived from the Greek adjective ἔμπεδος (empedos) meaning "stable, steady, steadfast" combined with the Greek noun κλέος (kleos) meaning "glory".
Empeirikos m Late Greek
Derived from the Greek adjective ἐμπειρικός (empeirikos) meaning "experienced".... [more]
Empep m Sundanese
Variant of Asep.
Empera f Spanish
Short form of Emperatriz.
Emperor m English (Rare), Romani (Archaic)
Middle English (especially representing the title given to the head of the Roman Empire) from Old French emperere, from Latin imperator ‘military commander’, from imperare ‘to command’, from in- ‘towards’ + parare ‘prepare, contrive’.
Empiricus m Late Greek (Latinized), Late Roman
Latinized form of Empeirikos. A notable bearer of this name was the Greco-Roman philosopher Sextus Empiricus (3rd century AD).
Emra f Bosnian
Variant of Amra.
Emran m Bengali, Filipino, Maguindanao, Malay
Bengali, Maguindanao and Malay form of Imran.
Emrana f Bengali (Rare)
Feminine form of Emran.
Emret m Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic)
Most likely a dialectal variant of Engelbrekt, via Norwegian Embret.
Emrhys m English
Variant of Emrys.
Emrich m Medieval German
Contracted form of Emmerich.