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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.
Pages in category "German-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,631 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
About 13% of the German population today has names of Slavic origin. Many Austrians also have surnames of Slavic origin. Polish names in Germany abound as a result of over 100,000 people (including 130,000 "Ruhrpolen") immigrating westward from the Polish-speaking areas of the German Empire.
Over time, the spelling often changed to reflect native German pronunciation (Sloothaak for the Dutch Sloothaag); but some names, such as those of French Huguenots settling in Prussia, retained their spelling but with the pronunciation that would come naturally to a German reading the name: Marquard, pronounced French pronunciation: in French ...
Emma Grant (footballer) (born 1989), Australian footballer Ernest Grant (American football) (born 1976), American football player Eugene Grant (disambiguation) , multiple people
Athanasius Kircher, a/k/a Athanasius Kirchner (1602–1680), German Jesuit scholar and polymath; Claude Kirchner (1916–1993), American television announcer and children's personality; Emma Kirchner (1830–1909), German photographer who lived and worked in the Netherlands. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938), German Expressionist artist
Emma Richter (1888–1956), German paleontologist Eugen Richter (1838–1906), German politician Ferdinand Tobias Richter (1651–1711), Austrian baroque-music composer and organist
Emma Coates (born 1991), English football player and manager; Emily Coates (born 1994/1995), English actress; Eric Coates (1886–1957), English composer; Florence Van Leer Earle Coates (1850–1927), American poet and philanthropist; Fred Coates (1879–1956), English footballer; Geoffrey E. Coates (1917–2013), English chemist and academic