Emmy (given name)

Emmy is a nickname.

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, given officially in Germany from the later 19th century.

As an officially nickname, 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:

As a familiar form of Emma

  • Emmy Bridgwater (1906–1999, born Emma Frith Bridgwater), English artist and poet
  • Emmy Göring (1893-1973, born Emma Johanna Henny 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/Emmanuelle

  • Emmy Bezzina (born 1945), male Maltese politician
  • Emmy Rossum (born 1986 as Emmanuelle Grey Rossum), American actress

Other

  • Emmy Clarke (born 1991 as Mary Elizabeth Clarke), American actress

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. 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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