Esmeralda

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ესმერალდა in GE Georgia.

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 6 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◐

Esmeralda is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name322K records spelled Esmeralda8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Portugal, Philippines

  Also written Esméralda, Êsmêrâldâ, Esmeráldã, Ésméráldá, Esmëräldä

• English given name172K records spelled Esmeralda21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Netherlands, Brazil, Venezuela

  Languages: English, Western Frisian, Dutch

  Also written Esméralda, Eşmeralda, Esmëräldä, Èsméraĺda, Èsmeralda

• a separate given name18K records spelled Esmeralda2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Peru

  Also written Esméralda

• Albanian given name13K records spelled Esmeralda3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, Italy, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Esmëralda, Ésméräldā

• Indonesian given name4.0K records spelled Esmeralda2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Indonesia, Spain

  Also written Eśmērāldā

• Russian given name3.5K records spelled Esmeralda27 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Poland, United States, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Polish, Croatian

  Also written Эсмеральда, Есмеральда, Есмералда, Esmeral'Da, Эсмералда

• Lao given name2.9K records spelled Esmeralda9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Chile

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written เอสเมอแรลด้า, เอสเมอแรลดา, ̶e̶s̶m̶e̶r̶a̶l̶d̶a, Esméráldá, Ësmëräldä

54 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●

Esmeralda 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.

• In French, From Spanish esmeralda, 'emerald' (ultimately Greek).

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

• From the Spanish vocabulary word esmeralda ‘emerald’. Its occasional modern use as a given name dates from Victor Hugo’s Notre Dame de Paris (1831), in which it is the nickname of the gypsy girl loved by the hunchback 82 Quasimodo; she was given the name because she wore an amulet containing an artificial emerald. Variant: Esmerelda.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Spanish, Del lat. smaragdus y gr. smáragdos, quizá vía prácrito y semítico; 'piedra preciosa verde'.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Swedish, Esmeralda kommer från det spanska ordet esmeralda ’smaragd’. Den kvinnliga huvud personen i Victor Hugos roman Ringaren i Notre Dame (på svenska 1835–36) bär detta namn.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In English, county, NV; pers. name

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

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●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 114 years between 1908–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Esmeralda Ruspolib. 1928ITItalian actress (1928-1988)
• Esmeralda Santiagob. 1948USPuerto Rican writer and actress
• Princess Marie-Esméralda, Lady Moncadab. 1956BEBelgian princess, youngest child of Leopold III of Belgium and Lilian, Princess of Réthy
• Esmeralda Garciab. 1959BRBrazilian sprinter, long and triple jumper
• Esmeralda Calabriab. 1964ITItalian film editor (born 1964)
• Es Devlinb. 1971GBnot in their usual namestage designer
• Caro Emeraldb. 1981NLnot in their usual nameDutch female singer
• Esmeralda Moyab. 1985ESSpanish actress
• Esmeralda Pimentelb. 1988USAmerican Mexican actress and model
• Bella Esmeraldab. 2022daughter of Cristiano Ronaldo

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 · 1,036 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Esmeralda?

We estimate roughly 92 thousand people bear Esmeralda (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Esmeralda have the most bearers?

Esmeralda is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled esmeralda.

How common is Esmeralda compared with other names?

In Mexico, Esmeralda is the 173rd most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Esmeralda a male or female name?

Esmeralda 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 Esmeralda mean?

Recorded meaning: Latin meaning not given in the text; Spanish: “emerald.”