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 |
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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,[clarification needed] 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.[citation needed]
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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