Gender | Female (sometimes male) |
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Origin | |
Meaning | short form of several names beginning in Em- |
Other names | |
Related names | Emma, Emily, Emmanuelle |
Emmy is a feminine (sometimes also masculine) given name.
Orthographic variants include Emme, Emmi and 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 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:
As a familiar form of Emma
As a familiar form of Emilie
As a familiar form of Emmanuel/Emmanuelle
Other
Fictional characters
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