Emma

Etymology
Brought to England by the Normans; short form of compound given names beginning with a Frankish prototheme Ermin- or Irmin- "entire", from.

Usage notes

 * Used in England since the Norman Conquest, fashionable in the 19th century, and again in the U.K. from the 1970s to the 1990s, and in the U.S.A. in the 1990s and the 2000s.

Related terms

 * (pet forms) Em, Emmie, Emmy
 * (female given names) Ermengarde, Irma
 * (surnames) Emmett, Emmitt, Emmott

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 埃瑪, 艾瑪
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Emma
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: Emma
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hawaiian: ʻEma
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:
 * Japanese: エマ
 * Korean: ^엠마
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese: Ema
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: Ema
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

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Usage notes
Matronymics
 * son of Emma: Emmuson
 * daughter of Emma: Emmudóttir

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Proper noun

 * 1) * 1929 Väinö Siikaniemi/folk melody, Emma (song), in Suuri Toivelaulukirja, F-Kustannus Oy (2003), ISBN 951-643-668-4, page 210:
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- Oi muistatkos, Emma, sen kuutamoillan, kun yhdessä tansseista kuljettiin? Sinä sanasi annoit ja valasi vannoit ja lupasit olla mun omani. Oi Emma, Emma, oi Emma, Emma, kun lupasit olla mun omani.



Usage notes

 * Popular in Finland at the end of the 19th century and again in the 2000s.

Usage notes

 * Popular in France in the 2000s.

Etymology
Short form of compound female given names beginning with, "whole, entire".

Usage notes

 * Name of medieval German saints and queens. Popular in Germany in the 19th century and becoming popular in the 2000s.

Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1852. From.

Usage notes

 * Popular in Latvia in the end of the 19th century

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From. First recorded in Norway in the 1790s.

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From. First recorded in Sweden in 1766.

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