Girl · English
Emerson
Say it: EM-ur-sun
Meaning
From an English surname meaning 'son of Emery', Emery being a medieval form of a Germanic name (Emmerich or Amalric).
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Long a boys' name, it has been used mostly for American girls since the 2000s.
Its wave through time
A revival, back after decades away
In the United States
- 51,646 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2019, about 1 in 1,300 boys
- 3,042 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Emersyn
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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