Em Forename
7,148th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 146,774 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Vietnam
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe
Em Forename Definition:
A female name. Old German Emma or Imma, hypocoristic forms of names compounded with Ermin, Irmin ‘whole’, ‘universal’. The name was introduced into England by Emma, d. of Richard I, Duke of Normandy, who m. (1) 1002 King Ethelred the Unready, and (2) 1017 King Cnut.
Read More About This ForenameEm Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 64% | 70,773 | 1:1,309 | 195 |
| India | 60% | 26,754 | 1:45,409 | 6,187 |
| Zimbabwe | 53% | 21,632 | 1:713 | 124 |
| Egypt | 83% | 6,702 | 1:13,712 | 1,193 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 3,439 | 1:8,960 | 1,308 |
| Cambodia | 60% | 3,093 | 1:5,261 | 834 |
| United States | 70% | 2,978 | 1:121,738 | 5,082 |
| Indonesia | 66% | 1,976 | 1:130,548 | 13,900 |
| Kazakhstan | 63% | 1,127 | 1:15,747 | 1,110 |
| Thailand | 88% | 1,060 | 1:66,100 | 6,476 |
| Canada | 100% | 843 | 1:39,304 | 2,823 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 572 | 1:36,362 | 4,240 |
| Philippines | 50% | 528 | 1:200,776 | 8,931 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 490 | 1:14,596 | 1,540 |
| England | 98% | 446 | 1:124,670 | 4,364 |
| Poland | 68% | 424 | 1:89,687 | 2,012 |
| Australia | - | 404 | 1:33,806 | 1,886 |
| Bangladesh | - | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Mauritania | 95% | 332 | 1:12,335 | 1,033 |
| Netherlands | 83% | 287 | 1:58,892 | 3,795 |
| Pakistan | 79% | 283 | 1:686,776 | 14,032 |
| Malaysia | 55% | 241 | 1:126,348 | 8,365 |
| Russia | 71% | 184 | 1:783,879 | 7,368 |
| Brazil | 75% | 137 | 1:1,563,768 | 35,692 |
| Qatar | 67% | 135 | 1:17,553 | 2,624 |
| Portugal | - | 120 | 1:86,757 | 2,474 |
| Belgium | 63% | 118 | 1:97,373 | 3,399 |
| Luxembourg | 80% | 97 | 1:5,815 | 590 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| France | 50% | 92 | 1:722,504 | 6,570 |
| Papua New Guinea | 84% | 80 | 1:101,904 | 9,279 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Nigeria | 73% | 74 | 1:2,399,518 | 45,283 |
| Bhutan | 70% | 69 | 1:11,955 | 689 |
| Ireland | 92% | 63 | 1:73,707 | 2,074 |
| Liberia | 96% | 60 | 1:73,534 | 3,480 |
| New Zealand | - | 46 | 1:98,610 | 4,238 |
| Cameroon | 53% | 35 | 1:617,443 | 18,753 |
| Germany | 81% | 33 | 1:2,929,633 | 14,580 |
| Israel | 92% | 26 | 1:323,189 | 7,892 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 26 | 1:914,219 | 36,896 |
| Singapore | - | 24 | 1:261,961 | 9,116 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Mexico | 100% | 21 | 1:5,911,639 | 22,154 |
| Sweden | 94% | 21 | 1:469,424 | 12,247 |
| South Africa | 75% | 19 | 1:2,870,139 | 74,981 |
| Greece | 78% | 18 | 1:607,475 | 7,461 |
| China | - | 16 | 1:85,378,486 | 64,025 |
| Armenia | 70% | 15 | 1:194,584 | 3,573 |
| Belarus | 56% | 15 | 1:632,159 | 3,807 |
| Japan | - | 14 | 1:9,141,861 | 33,787 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 13 | 1:741,765 | 12,605 |
| Kenya | 100% | 13 | 1:3,562,085 | 22,986 |
| Lebanon | - | 12 | 1:468,964 | 6,168 |
| Scotland | 95% | 12 | 1:445,864 | 5,809 |
| Hong Kong | - | 11 | 1:704,793 | 4,980 |
| Wales | 100% | 10 | 1:309,431 | 4,737 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Norway | 57% | 9 | 1:570,259 | 9,843 |
| Denmark | - | 8 | 1:706,187 | 9,598 |
| Iran | - | 8 | 1:9,812,108 | 27,974 |
| South Korea | - | 8 | 1:693,053 | 14,847 |
| Spain | - | 8 | 1:5,816,246 | 16,159 |
| Benin | 71% | 7 | 1:1,510,835 | 32,846 |
| Maldives | 100% | 7 | 1:61,986 | 1,836 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Italy | 64% | 5 | 1:12,212,418 | 34,417 |
| Tunisia | - | 5 | 1:135,380 | 6,628 |
| Uganda | 100% | 5 | 1:8,191,384 | 58,906 |
| Angola | 100% | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Bulgaria | - | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Panama | - | 4 | 1:976,639 | 21,104 |
| Switzerland | 81% | 4 | 1:2,053,374 | 18,217 |
| Tajikistan | - | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Finland | 60% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Moldova | 100% | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Peru | 100% | 3 | 1:10,597,151 | 58,549 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Chile | 100% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Costa Rica | - | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Czechia | 58% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Hungary | 77% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nepal | 100% | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
Em (52,149) may also be a surname.
Em Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Old German Emma or Imma, hypocoristic forms of names compounded with Ermin, Irmin ‘whole’, ‘universal’. The name was introduced into England by Emma, d. of Richard I, Duke of Normandy, who m. (1) 1002 King Ethelred the Unready, and (2) 1017 King Cnut. It was a favourite Norman name, and was common from the 11th C onwards. The English form was Em and Emm, which is found as late as the middle of the 18th C, and the diminutive Emmet was also common, giving rise to a number of surnames; Camden 16o5 and Lyford 1655 give Emmet as a christian name. The form Emma was revived in the 18th C, probably under the influence of Prior’s poem Henry and Emma, a paraphrase of the ballad of the ‘Nut Brown Maid’, which was very popular.
Emma Curia Regis Rolls 1186-1219 passim, Feudal Aids 1316, 1401. Emme Promptorium Parvulorum c. 1440. Emmote Hundred Rolls 1273. Emmete Hundred Rolls 1273. Emmot, Emmota Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Now the diminutive, but originally a prototype, of Emma.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Em Forename Popularity
Em Demographics
Em Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 813 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hem | 80 | 159,841 | / |
| Eem | 80 | 29,020 | / |
| Eme | 80 | 20,129 | / |
| Gem | 80 | 7,217 | / |
| Jem | 80 | 6,871 | / |
| Yem | 80 | 3,963 | / |
| Iem | 80 | 3,518 | / |
| Emm | 80 | 742 | / |
| Esm | 80 | 636 | / |
| Eam | 80 | 604 | / |
| Eim | 80 | 512 | / |
| Emd | 80 | 273 | / |
| Eum | 80 | 207 | / |
| Etm | 80 | 63 | / |
| Emn | 80 | 62 | / |
| Ejm | 80 | 56 | / |
| Ehm | 80 | 49 | / |
| Emg | 80 | 40 | / |
| Emt | 80 | 35 | / |
| Emh | 80 | 26 | / |
| Eym | 80 | 13 | / |
| Emő | 80 | 9 | / |
| Emq | 80 | 4 | / |
| E'M | 80 | 1 | / |
| Emì | 80 | 1 | / |
| Etim | 67 | 66,054 | / |
| Esme | 67 | 53,413 | / |
| Etem | 67 | 11,375 | / |
| Ecem | 67 | 9,695 | / |
| Esem | 67 | 3,765 | / |
| Jeme | 67 | 2,628 | / |
| Jiem | 67 | 2,593 | / |
| Item | 67 | 2,387 | / |
| Isem | 67 | 2,308 | / |
| Emme | 67 | 2,214 | / |
| Hemn | 67 | 1,911 | / |
| Heme | 67 | 1,828 | / |
| Heim | 67 | 1,828 | / |
| Jeam | 67 | 1,695 | / |
| Icem | 67 | 1,588 | / |
| Hiem | 67 | 1,544 | / |
| Jeem | 67 | 1,283 | / |
| Ijem | 67 | 1,279 | / |
| Yeme | 67 | 1,248 | / |
| Heem | 67 | 1,118 | / |
| Emne | 67 | 983 | / |
| Esim | 67 | 803 | / |
| Hemt | 67 | 782 | / |
| Yoem | 67 | 417 | / |
| Heam | 67 | 415 | / |
| Eime | 67 | 302 | / |
| Ecim | 67 | 217 | / |
| Emnh | 67 | 203 | / |
| Jhem | 67 | 190 | / |
| Geem | 67 | 187 | / |
| Eamd | 67 | 184 | / |
| Gemm | 67 | 95 | / |
| Jemm | 67 | 89 | / |
| Ieme | 67 | 88 | / |
| Jeim | 67 | 87 | / |
| Yiem | 67 | 65 | / |
| Eyme | 67 | 65 | / |
| Ehim | 67 | 61 | / |
| Jeum | 67 | 60 | / |
| Ehhm | 67 | 52 | / |
| Jesm | 67 | 49 | / |
| Ehem | 67 | 48 | / |
| Geim | 67 | 48 | / |
| Hetm | 67 | 45 | / |
| Eame | 67 | 42 | / |
| Emőd | 67 | 40 | / |
| Hemh | 67 | 35 | / |
| Heum | 67 | 28 | / |
| Jemt | 67 | 27 | / |
| Ihem | 67 | 26 | / |
| Eeme | 67 | 24 | / |
| Hemm | 67 | 22 | / |
| Yemd | 67 | 19 | / |
| Jehm | 67 | 19 | / |
| Jejm | 67 | 16 | / |
| Eitm | 67 | 16 | / |
| Etme | 67 | 15 | / |
| Esmt | 67 | 15 | / |
| Hyem | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hemd | 67 | 11 | / |
| Eehm | 67 | 11 | / |
| Geym | 67 | 11 | / |
| Yhem | 67 | 9 | / |
| Esym | 67 | 9 | / |
| Eesm | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ieem | 67 | 8 | / |
| Jemh | 67 | 8 | / |
| Jeym | 67 | 7 | / |
| Esmë | 67 | 7 | / |
| Hemg | 67 | 7 | / |
| Emhe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Eymt | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hjem | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hesm | 67 | 6 | / |
| Easm | 67 | 6 | / |
| Yemt | 67 | 5 | / |
| Emhz | 67 | 5 | / |
| Jjem | 67 | 5 | / |
| Jemd | 67 | 5 | / |
| Eumm | 67 | 5 | / |
| Eemt | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aaem | 67 | 4 | / |
| Iiem | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yemm | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yetm | 67 | 4 | / |
| Emkh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ietm | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ysem | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yeym | 67 | 3 | / |
| Eimt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Esmm | 67 | 3 | / |
| Heym | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hemë | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jyem | 67 | 3 | / |
| Iesm | 67 | 3 | / |
| Eimn | 67 | 3 | / |
| Eemm | 67 | 3 | / |
| Emng | 67 | 3 | / |
| Eaim | 67 | 3 | / |
| Etym | 67 | 3 | / |
| Emmh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Emcg | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ieim | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ytem | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ehmm | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eemc | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eamn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eoim | 67 | 2 | / |
| Emmd | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eamt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yehm | 67 | 2 | / |
| Iemm | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eamm | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gemì | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eahm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eatm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eaym | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eeem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eemk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ejjm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ejmt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ejhm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eimd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ehtm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ehym | 67 | 1 | / |
| Et'm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ettm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emjs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emhc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emzz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emmt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emnc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emnn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eşim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eymm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eumh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yemı | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yesm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hgem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hehm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hemc | 67 | 1 | / |
| J'Em | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jetm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jcem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eetm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ieym | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hhem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Esmh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Etmh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emkq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Em-A | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eymh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eytm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ejmh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eimk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eamg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eajm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eewm | 67 | 1 | / |
Em Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Em in the Russian language | ||
| Эм | em | - |
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