Esmeralda Forename
3,264th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 320,418 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Albania
Esmeralda Forename Definition:
A female name. Spanish ‘emerald’. It is used as a name in the romance of Palmerin of England, and Victor Hugo made use of it in his Hunchback of Notre Dame since when it has sometimes been used as a christian name in England and France. See also Emerald and Meraud.
Read More About This ForenameEsmeralda Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 100% | 96,080 | 1:1,292 | 242 |
| Angola | 100% | 39,409 | 1:684 | 139 |
| United States | 100% | 29,697 | 1:12,208 | 1,217 |
| Brazil | 100% | 24,770 | 1:8,649 | 1,021 |
| Philippines | 99% | 19,478 | 1:5,443 | 897 |
| Mozambique | - | 18,240 | 1:1,494 | 343 |
| Colombia | 100% | 13,365 | 1:3,575 | 445 |
| Spain | 100% | 9,840 | 1:4,729 | 466 |
| Peru | 100% | 6,249 | 1:5,087 | 767 |
| Albania | 100% | 6,140 | 1:496 | 43 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 5,902 | 1:5,117 | 655 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 4,628 | 1:1,300 | 249 |
| El Salvador | - | 4,038 | 1:1,571 | 250 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 3,990 | 1:4,037 | 554 |
| Ecuador | - | 3,675 | 1:4,824 | 548 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3,396 | 1:12,595 | 737 |
| Honduras | 100% | 3,265 | 1:2,701 | 436 |
| Portugal | - | 3,238 | 1:3,215 | 307 |
| Chile | 100% | 3,054 | 1:5,765 | 559 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 3,044 | 1:5,553 | 820 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,502 | 1:4,169 | 629 |
| South Africa | 100% | 2,251 | 1:24,226 | 3,148 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 1,998 | 1:5,306 | 764 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1,760 | 1:2,709 | 445 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,549 | 1:2,522 | 504 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 801 | 1:4,279 | 445 |
| Cuba | - | 778 | 1:14,790 | 929 |
| Greece | 100% | 690 | 1:15,847 | 850 |
| Belgium | 100% | 650 | 1:17,677 | 1,444 |
| Italy | 100% | 636 | 1:96,010 | 1,850 |
| France | 100% | 428 | 1:155,305 | 2,817 |
| Jamaica | - | 371 | 1:7,772 | 986 |
| England | 100% | 318 | 1:174,852 | 5,416 |
| Canada | 100% | 301 | 1:110,078 | 5,376 |
| Gabon | - | 281 | 1:6,702 | 1,252 |
| India | 100% | 261 | 1:4,654,705 | 182,573 |
| Ghana | 100% | 225 | 1:119,939 | 4,817 |
| Suriname | 100% | 214 | 1:2,583 | 601 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 205 | 1:35,301 | 1,631 |
| Russia | 94% | 205 | 1:703,579 | 6,870 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 176 | 1:1,091 | 204 |
| Thailand | 100% | 160 | 1:437,911 | 21,762 |
| Germany | 100% | 154 | 1:627,778 | 6,014 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 152 | 1:54,036 | 2,291 |
| Belize | 100% | 132 | 1:2,684 | 614 |
| Cape Verde | - | 127 | 1:4,167 | 601 |
| Indonesia | - | 127 | 1:2,031,210 | 103,968 |
| Sweden | 99% | 126 | 1:78,237 | 3,601 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 105 | 1:1,484 | 392 |
| Namibia | - | 103 | 1:23,342 | 2,007 |
| Malaysia | 94% | 76 | 1:400,657 | 18,736 |
| Congo | 63% | 58 | 1:86,366 | 5,787 |
| Romania | 100% | 53 | 1:378,339 | 11,055 |
| Ukraine | 98% | 50 | 1:909,998 | 3,115 |
| New Zealand | - | 46 | 1:98,610 | 4,238 |
| Georgia | 98% | 44 | 1:84,965 | 3,322 |
| Malta | - | 40 | 1:10,734 | 1,062 |
| Armenia | 100% | 35 | 1:83,393 | 2,328 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 34 | 1:283,616 | 7,639 |
| Israel | 100% | 34 | 1:247,145 | 6,887 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 34 | 1:104,421 | 1,927 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 31 | 1:79,315 | 2,584 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 30 | 1:9,005 | 945 |
| Croatia | 100% | 26 | 1:162,195 | 3,156 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 24 | 1:990,403 | 38,270 |
| French Polynesia | - | 22 | 1:12,632 | 1,507 |
| Aruba | - | 21 | 1:4,942 | 942 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Australia | - | 19 | 1:718,822 | 9,906 |
| Benin | 100% | 18 | 1:587,547 | 18,316 |
| Norway | 100% | 18 | 1:285,129 | 6,331 |
| Czechia | 100% | 17 | 1:626,833 | 2,751 |
| Kosovo | - | 17 | 1:109,496 | 5,759 |
| Latvia | 100% | 17 | 1:118,567 | 2,105 |
| Ireland | 100% | 16 | 1:290,220 | 4,558 |
| Madagascar | - | 16 | 1:1,476,838 | 2,504 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 15 | 1:466,026 | 7,553 |
| China | - | 11 | 1:124,186,889 | 65,712 |
| Estonia | 100% | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Finland | 100% | 11 | 1:498,471 | 5,769 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 11 | 1:268,353 | 2,050 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 11 | 1:51,277 | 1,980 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 10 | 1:352,446 | 4,353 |
| Haiti | - | 10 | 1:1,072,695 | 14,984 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 10 | 1:5,278,832 | 28,402 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 10 | 1:715,199 | 24,449 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Kenya | - | 9 | 1:5,145,234 | 27,509 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| Singapore | 100% | 9 | 1:698,562 | 12,752 |
| Andorra | - | 8 | 1:10,361 | 626 |
| Denmark | - | 8 | 1:706,187 | 9,598 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 8 | 1:2,218,356 | 16,526 |
| Scotland | 100% | 8 | 1:668,796 | 7,564 |
| Austria | 100% | 7 | 1:1,216,314 | 8,086 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Turkey | 100% | 7 | 1:11,114,530 | 34,230 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 6 | 1:3,601,750 | 60,590 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 5 | 1:48,684 | 1,663 |
| Algeria | - | 5 | 1:7,635,344 | 12,071 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 5 | 1:10,972 | 1,354 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Egypt | - | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Monaco | - | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 4 | 1:27,437 | 2,836 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Belarus | 67% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Hong Kong | - | 3 | 1:2,584,242 | 11,307 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 3 | 1:7,691,978 | 82,363 |
| Mauritius | - | 3 | 1:432,595 | 7,262 |
| Moldova | 100% | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 2 | 1:88,782,180 | 420,186 |
| Serbia | 100% | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| Uganda | 100% | 2 | 1:20,478,460 | 91,660 |
| Wales | 100% | 2 | 1:1,547,154 | 12,610 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Esméralda (53), Esmèralda (12) & Esmerálda (1) are calculated separately.
Esmeralda (9,078) may also be a surname.
Esmeralda Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Spanish ‘emerald’. It is used as a name in the romance of Palmerin of England, and Victor Hugo made use of it in his Hunchback of Notre Dame since when it has sometimes been used as a christian name in England and France. See also Emerald and Meraud.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Mostly a Spanish name, it is, literally, ‘an emerald’: cf. Pearl. It derives from the Greek σμάραγδος (smaragdos), perhaps from μαρμαίρω, marmairo (‘twinkle’ or ‘sparkle’). ‘The rainbow of St. John’s vision was “in sight like unto an emerald”. Thus Smaragdos was one of the early martyrs,’ Yonge.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Latin name, meaning: Adorned.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Esmeralda Forename Popularity
Esmeralda Demographics
Esmeralda Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 18 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Esmeralda Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Esmeralda in the Russian language | ||
| Эсмеральда | esmeralda | - |
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