Emmy

  • [ EM-ee (English) ]
  • English, Dutch
Diminutive of EMMA or EMILY.

EMMA   female   English, French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of Germanic names that began with the element ermen meaning "whole" or "universal". It was introduced to England by Emma of Normandy, who was the wife both of king Ethelred II (and by him the mother of Edward the Confessor) and later of king Canute. It was also borne by an 11th-century Austrian saint, who is sometimes called Hemma.

After the Norman conquest this name became common in England. It was revived in the 18th century, perhaps in part due to Matthew Prior's poem 'Henry and Emma' (1709). It was also used by Jane Austen for the central character, the matchmaker Emma Woodhouse, in her novel 'Emma' (1816).
EMILY   female   English
English feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL). In the English-speaking world it was not common until after the German House of Hanover came to the British throne in the 18th century; the princess Amelia Sophia (1711-1786) was commonly known as Emily in English, even though Amelia is an unrelated name.

Famous bearers include the British author Emily Brontë (1818-1848), who wrote 'Wuthering Heights', and the American poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886).
EMIL   male   Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Romanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Hungarian, Icelandic, English
From the Roman family name Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".
FULL FORMS
DUTCH: Emma, Ima, Irma
ENGLISH: Amilia, Emalee, Emely, Emilee, Emilia, Emily, Emma, Emmalyn, Erma, Irma
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Emma, Ima, Irma
ANCIENT ROMAN: Aemilia
BULGARIAN: Emiliya
CROATIAN: Ema, Emilija
CZECH: Ema, Emílie
DANISH: Emilia, Emilie, Emma
DUTCH: Emmy
ENGLISH: Em, Emmie, Emmy, Millie, Milly
FINNISH: Emilia, Emma, Emmi, Irma
FRENCH: Émilie, Emma
GEORGIAN: Irma
GERMAN: Emilie, Emma, Irma
HUNGARIAN: Emília, Irma, Irmuska
ICELANDIC: Emilía, Emma
ITALIAN: Emilia, Emma, Irma
LATVIAN: Emīlija
LITHUANIAN: Emilija, Irma
MACEDONIAN: Emilija
NORWEGIAN: Emilia, Emilie, Emma, Milly
POLISH: Emilia
PORTUGUESE: Ema, Emília
ROMANIAN: Emilia
SERBIAN: Emilija
SLOVAK: Ema, Emília
SLOVENE: Ema, Emilija
SPANISH: Ema, Emilia, Emma, Irma
SWEDISH: Emelie, Emilia, Emilie, Emma, Milly
MASCULINE FORMS
ANCIENT ROMAN: Aemilius
BULGARIAN: Emil
CROATIAN: Emil
CZECH: Emil
DANISH: Emil
ENGLISH: Emil
FINNISH: Eemeli, Eemil
FRENCH: Émile
GERMAN: Emil
HUNGARIAN: Emil
ICELANDIC: Emil
ITALIAN: Emilio
LITHUANIAN: Emilis
MACEDONIAN: Emil
NORWEGIAN: Emil
POLISH: Emil
PORTUGUESE: Emilio
ROMANIAN: Emil
SERBIAN: Emil
SLOVENE: Emil
SPANISH: Emilio
SWEDISH: Emil
OTHER FORMS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Arminius
ANCIENT ROMAN: Aemiliana, Aemilianus
ENGLISH: Emmet, Emmett
FRENCH: Émilien, Émilienne
GERMAN: Armin
ITALIAN: Emiliana, Emiliano
PORTUGUESE: Emiliana
ROMANIAN: Emilian
RUSSIAN: Yemelyan
SPANISH: Emiliana, Emiliano
WELSH: Emlyn