Emmy

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Amy in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 18 more, Aimee in FR France, BR Brazil, MX Mexico and 4 more, Ayme in PE Peru and אמי in IL Israel.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Emmy is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name83K records spelled Emmy22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Netherlands, Canada, Germany

  Languages: English, Dutch, German

  Also written Emmÿ, Êmmy, Ëmmy, Émmÿ, Ęmmý

• Indonesian given name7.2K records spelled Emmy5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Ëmmÿ, Ęmmÿ, Ēmmy

• Turkish given name486 records spelled Emmy9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Netherlands, Nigeria

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Emmi, Emmŷ, Èmmy, Emmý

68 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Emmy is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Pet form of Emma, jEmily, and related names. It is sometimes found in the southern United States in combinations such as Emmy Jane and Emmy Sue.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, A diminutive of Emily, Emma, Emmeline or Amelia, also used as a female given name.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, a diminutive of the female given names Émilie or Emma

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Dérivé anglo-américain d’Emma, d’origine germanique; signifie « puissante ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In Swedish, Emmy (m.fl. former) är ursprungligen en engelsk smekform till → Emma, → Emilia, → Emily. En bekant namnbärare är skådespelerskan Emy Storm (1925–2014), mest känd för sin roll som mamman i filmerna om Emil i Lönneberga (1971–73). I den rikssvenska almanackan 23 juli och i den finlandssvenska 19 maj.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 130 years between 1885–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Emmy Noetherb. 1882DEGerman Jewish mathematician (1882–1935)
• Emmy Henningsb. 1885DEGerman poet, editor (1885–1948)
• Emmy Lynnb. 1889FRFrench actress
• Emmy Klieneberger-Nobelb. 1892DEBritish German-born microbiologist
• Emmy Göringb. 1893DEGerman actress, art collector (1893-1973)
• Emmy Verheyb. 1949NLDutch violinist
• Emmy Raver-Lampmanb. 1988USAmerican actress and singer
• Emmy Clarkeb. 1991USAmerican actress
• Emmy Kristiansenb. 2000NONorwegian singer and songwriter
• Emmy Mab. 2001USTaiwanese-American figure skater

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 770 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Emmy?

We estimate roughly 685 thousand people bear Emmy (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Emmy have the most bearers?

We estimate about 625 thousand people bear Emmy in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled amy.

How common is Emmy compared with other names?

In the United States, Emmy is the 56th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Emmy a male or female name?

Emmy is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Emmy mean?

Recorded meaning: Diminutive of Emma or Emmanuelle; feast day not given in excerpt.