What is Emma (given name)?
'''Emma''' [ '''em'''-''uh'' ]<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|dictionary=Dictionary.com|title=Definition of Emma|url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/emma|access-date=2023-04-06|language=en}}</ref> is a female [[given name]]. It comes from the [[Germanic language|Germanic]] word ''ermen'' (which means whole or entire).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |url=http://archive.org/details/dictionaryoffirs0000hank_l4f5 |title=A Dictionary of First Names |pages=90,91 |date=2006 |publisher=[[Oxford]] ; [[New York City]] : [[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1}}</ref> The name is very popular for females in the [[English language|English]]-speaking world. It became popular in the [[United States]] in the late 1900s. It was the most popular name for girls in 2008, 2014, and 2015.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames | title=Popular Baby Names | publisher=Social Security Administration | access-date=29 March 2017}}</ref> == People named Emma== * [[Emma Thompson]], English actress and writer * [[Emma Watson]], English actress and activist (born 1990) * [[Emma Stone]], American actress * [[Emma Tate]], British actress * [[Emma Lazarus|'''Emma''' Lazarus, American poet (1849–1887)]] * [[Emma Watkins|'''Emma''' Watkins]], Australian musician * [[Emma Roberts|'''Emma''' Roberts]], American actress (born 1991) * [[Emma Morano|'''Emma''' Morano]], Italian supercentenarian * [[Emma Caulfield|'''Emma''' Caulfield]], American actress * [[Emma Raducanu]], British tennis player ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Given names]]