Emmy (given name)
| Emmy | |
|---|---|
| Gender | female (rarely male) |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | short form of several names beginning in Em- |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Emma, Emily, Emmanuelle |
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.[1] 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
References
- ↑ statistics cited after behindthename.com. In France, rank 89 was reached after a steady rise in popularity during the 2000s, starting out at rank 281 in 2001.
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