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Emma is a feminine given name. It is derived from the Germanic word ermen , meaning "whole" or "universal". [ 1 ] It likely originated as a short form of names such as Ermengarde or Ermentrude .
Emmy is a feminine (sometimes also masculine) given name.. Orthographic variants include Emme, Emmi and Emmie. The name is in many instances a hypocoristic of either Emma (itself being in origin a hypocoristic of a number of ancient Germanic names beginning in Ermen-) or Emily, or Emmanuel ().
It is likely derived from the same root as the Latin word aemulus, which means to rival, excel, or emulate, [1] but this may be a folk etymology. Although similar Germanic names like Amalia may appear to be related to Emilia, Emily and Aemilia, they in fact have a different origin. In Greek, it is often written in the form "Αιμιλία ...
Amalia, Amelie, Amélie, Amy, Lia, Emma Amelia is a feminine given name. Its English form was likely influenced by the names Amalia , derived from the Germanic root amal , with meanings "vigorous, active, work", and Emilia , derived from the name of the Roman Aemilia gens .
Baroness Emma Orczy (full name: Emma Magdalena Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci) (/ ˈ ɔːr t s iː /; 23 September 1865 – 12 November 1947), usually known as Baroness Orczy (the name under which she was published) or to her family and friends as Emmuska Orczy, was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright.
Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio, 1601. Emmaus (/ ɪ ˈ m eɪ ə s / im-AY-əs; Koinē Greek: Ἐμμαούς, romanized: Emmaoús; Latin: Emmaus; Arabic: عمواس, romanized: ʿImwās) is a town mentioned in the Gospel of Luke of the New Testament.
Emma Brown, a fragment of a novel by Charlotte Brontë, completed by Clare Boylan in 2003; Emma, a 1955 novel by F. W. Kenyon; Emma: A Modern Retelling, a 2015 novel by Alexander McCall Smith; Emma, a 2002 manga by Kaoru Mori and the adapted Japanese animated series; EMMA, a German feminist journal, published by Alice Schwarzer
Emma Grant (born 1991), British cyclist; Emma Grant (footballer) (born 1989), Australian footballer; Ernest Grant (American football) (born 1976), American football player; Eugene Grant (disambiguation), multiple people; Esme Grant, Jamaican politician; Eva Grant (1925–2024), Greek and British figure photographer