Emma (meaning and origin)

The best thing about the name Emma:
It's generic - not many people can make fun of it...
The worst thing about the name:
... unless you have my sister - who used to call me Phlegma Emma. Nice.
If my name wasn`t Emma....:
I'd have been called Gemma is the woman in the next cubicle to my mother hadn't called her daughter that. Or Barry if I was boy - I have never been so thankful that I don't have a penis in all my life.
Extra information:
Nope, that's all
The best thing about the name Emma:
My Grandmothers name
The worst thing about the name:
Emma Dilemma is what i commonly get called
If my name wasn`t Emma....:
not sure
Extra information:
The best thing about the name Emma:
its a very pretty n lovely name
The worst thing about the name:
people shorten it for em
If my name wasn`t Emma....:
...
Extra information:
its a popular name but its very girly..nobody gets it rong!!whoever sed the name emma sounds unattractive isnt english becoz there are sooo many models wiv the name emma and look at the spice girls Emma bunton is gorjus!!
The best thing about the name Emma:
Its easy to spell!
The worst thing about the name:
There's always at leat 3 of us in a room!
If my name wasn`t Emma....:
Yes, my husdband loves it and our names go so well together
Extra information:
wish i has a more striking last name to follow a common name
The best thing about the name Emma:
nobody has a problem spelling it!
The worst thing about the name:
there are so many of us
If my name wasn`t Emma....:

Extra information:
i probably would have liked emily more, purely as i like old fashioned names
The best thing about the name Emma:
Its just a lovley short really cute name!
The worst thing about the name:
Theres nothin wrong with being called emma but it is soooo popular!!
If my name wasn`t Emma....:
My whole life hehehe obviously lol id b getting called somethin else hehe
Extra information:
Its a gr8 name

More `Emma` links
Emma as abbreviation
Actors named Emma
Emma in the encyclopedia

Statistics for Emma

Emma appears in 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 3. In the last 128 years Emma has occupied a spot in the top 1000 without interruptions. The name reached the top-100 22 times and reached the top-10 8 times. 2006 was a `top year` for the name Emma. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #2. Our records go back to 1880

Year	Rank	Rank
2007	3
2006	2
2005	2
2004	2
2003	2
2002	4
2001	13
2000	17
1999	17
1998	22
1997	36
1996	53
1995	67
1994	76
1993	81
1992	104
1991	123
1990	130
1980	417
1970	422
1960	297
1950	154
1940	94
1930	73
1920	46
1910	34
1900	13
1890	5
1880	3