Name: Emmy
Gender: Female
Usage: Emmy, of latin origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Emmy are in general originating from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Emmy across the world, see Emily.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Emmy is: Rival.
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Numerology of the first name Emmy: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 2. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: cooperative, sensitive, adaptive, passive, diplomatic, peaceful, warm.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Diplomatic, Sensitive
Ruling planet: Moon
Colors: Green, Cream
Gemstones: Pearl, Jade, Moonstone
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The name Emmy is ranked on the 2,457th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 153800 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.003% of the population. The name Emmy has four characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Emmy for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Emmy is 10 December.
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History and Origin
Emmy is a feminine (rarely also masculine) given name.
Orthographic variants include Emme, Emmi, Emmie. The name is in many instances a hypocoristic of either Emma (itself being in origin a hypocoristic of a number of ancient Germanic names beginning in ermen) or (more rarely) Emily, or Emmanuel (Emmanuelle). It came to be used as a separate (rare) German name, given officially in Germany from the later 19th century.
As an officially given feminine name, Emmy ranked 66th in Sweden and 89th in France as of 2010. Emmy is rarely also encountered as a surname.
Notable people with the name include:
- Emmy Andriesse (1914–1953), Dutch photographer
- Emmy Krüger (1886-1976), German operatic soprano
- Emmy Loose (1914-1987), Austrian operatic soprano
- Emmy Noether (1882–1935), Bavarian Jewish mathematician
- Emmy Verhey (born 1949), Dutch violinist
- Emmy Wehlen (1887–1977), German actress
- Emmy Werner (born 1929), American developmental psychologist
As a familiar form of Emma
- Emmy Bridgwater (1906–1999, born Emma Frith Bridgwater), English artist and poet
- Emmy Göring (1893-1973, born Emma Sonnemann), German actress
- Emmy Hennings (1885–1948, born Emma Maria Cordsen), German performer and poet
As a familiar form of Emilie
- Emmy Destinn (1878–1930, born Emílie Pavlína Věnceslava Kittlová), Czech operatic soprano
As a familiar form of Emmanuel(le)
- Emmy Bezzina (born 1945), male Maltese politician
- Emmy Rossum (born 1986 as Emmanuelle Rossum), American actress
Other
- Emmy Clarke (born 1991 as Mary Elizabeth Clarke), American actress
Fictional characters
- Granny (Looney Tunes), the Looney Tunes character nicknamed Emmy in Hare Trimmed
English: pet form of Emma, Emily, and related names. It is occasionally used as an independent given name, especially in the United States and in combinations such as Emmy Jane and Emmy Jo.
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