Emma

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: emma

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

Brought to England by the Normans; short form of compound given names beginning with a Frankish prototheme Ermin- or Irmin- "entire", from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Emma

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
    • 1854, Matthew Hall, The Queens Before the Conquest, pages 259-260:
      Both Saxon and Norman chroniclers unite in representing the youthful Queen Emma as in a peculiar degree gifted with elegance and beauty; so that many flattering epithets had been bestowed on her - as "the Pearl," "the Flower," or "the Fair Maid" of Normandy.
    • 1917, Carl Van Vechten, Interpreters and Interpretations., A.A.Knopf, page 92:
      Emma Calvé...since Madame Bovary the name Emma suggests a solid bourgeois foundation, a country family...Emma Eames, a chilly name...a wind from the East.
    • 1980, Barbara Pym, A Few Green Leaves, →ISBN, page 8:
      The cottage now belonged to Emma's mother Beatrix, who was a tutor in English literature at a women's college, specialising in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century novel. This may have accounted for Emma's Christian name, for it had seemed to Beatrix unfair to call her daughter Emily, a name associated with her grandmother's servants rather than the author of The Wuthering Heights, so Emma had been chosen, perhaps with the hope that some of the qualities possessed by the heroine of the novel might be perpetuated.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Used in England since the Norman Conquest, fashionable in the 19th century, and again in the U.K. from the 1970s to the 1990s, and in the U.S.A. in the 1990s and the 2000s.

Related terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English Emma.

Proper noun[edit]

Emma

  1. a female given name from the Germanic languages

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Emma.

Proper noun[edit]

Emma

  1. a female given name

References[edit]

  • [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 21 325 females with the given name have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Emma.

Proper noun[edit]

Emma

  1. a female given name

Faroese[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Emma f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes[edit]

Matronymics

  • son of Emma: Emmuson
  • daughter of Emma: Emmudóttir

Declension[edit]

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Emma
Accusative Emmu
Dative Emmu
Genitive Emmu

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Emma.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈemːɑ/, [ˈe̞mːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -emːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Em‧ma

Proper noun[edit]

Emma

  1. a female given name
    • 1929 Väinö Siikaniemi/folk melody, Emma (song), in Suuri Toivelaulukirja, F-Kustannus Oy (2003), →ISBN, page 210:
      Oi muistatkos, Emma, sen kuutamoillan,
      kun yhdessä tansseista kuljettiin?
      Sinä sanasi annoit ja valasi vannoit
      ja lupasit olla mun omani.
      Oi Emma, Emma, oi Emma, Emma,
      kun lupasit olla mun omani.
    • 1964, Kaarina Helakisa, Kaarina Helakisan satukirja, WSOY, page 10:
      ―Kuulepa lintu, sinun nimesi olkoon Emma, se on totta vieköön iloinen ja hupsu nimi, poika sanoi.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    • 1985, Keijo Siekkinen, Äidin hauta, Gummerus, →ISBN, page 9:
      Minulla on sana, josta pidän erityisen paljon, vaikka se ei ole paljon minkään näköinen, se on pulska niin kuin sinä ennen kuin rupesit laihtumaan. Sen sanan nimi on semmoinen. Minä laitan sen sinnekin minne se ei käy. Vaikka se on pulska niin se on kevyt. Se on niin kuin Emma. Emmalle me löydettiin nimi Messukylän vanhalta hautausmaalta.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Usage notes[edit]

  • Popular in Finland at the end of the 19th century and again in the 2000s.

Declension[edit]

Inflection of Emma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Emma Emmat
genitive Emman Emmojen
partitive Emmaa Emmoja
illative Emmaan Emmoihin
singular plural
nominative Emma Emmat
accusative nom. Emma Emmat
gen. Emman
genitive Emman Emmojen
Emmainrare
partitive Emmaa Emmoja
inessive Emmassa Emmoissa
elative Emmasta Emmoista
illative Emmaan Emmoihin
adessive Emmalla Emmoilla
ablative Emmalta Emmoilta
allative Emmalle Emmoille
essive Emmana Emmoina
translative Emmaksi Emmoiksi
instructive — Emmoin
abessive Emmatta Emmoitta
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Emma (type kala)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Emmani Emmani
accusative nom. Emmani Emmani
gen. Emmani
genitive Emmani Emmojeni
Emmainirare
partitive Emmaani Emmojani
inessive Emmassani Emmoissani
elative Emmastani Emmoistani
illative Emmaani Emmoihini
adessive Emmallani Emmoillani
ablative Emmaltani Emmoiltani
allative Emmalleni Emmoilleni
essive Emmanani Emmoinani
translative Emmakseni Emmoikseni
instructive — —
abessive Emmattani Emmoittani
comitative — Emmoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Emmasi Emmasi
accusative nom. Emmasi Emmasi
gen. Emmasi
genitive Emmasi Emmojesi
Emmaisirare
partitive Emmaasi Emmojasi
inessive Emmassasi Emmoissasi
elative Emmastasi Emmoistasi
illative Emmaasi Emmoihisi
adessive Emmallasi Emmoillasi
ablative Emmaltasi Emmoiltasi
allative Emmallesi Emmoillesi
essive Emmanasi Emmoinasi
translative Emmaksesi Emmoiksesi
instructive — —
abessive Emmattasi Emmoittasi
comitative — Emmoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Emmamme Emmamme
accusative nom. Emmamme Emmamme
gen. Emmamme
genitive Emmamme Emmojemme
Emmaimmerare
partitive Emmaamme Emmojamme
inessive Emmassamme Emmoissamme
elative Emmastamme Emmoistamme
illative Emmaamme Emmoihimme
adessive Emmallamme Emmoillamme
ablative Emmaltamme Emmoiltamme
allative Emmallemme Emmoillemme
essive Emmanamme Emmoinamme
translative Emmaksemme Emmoiksemme
instructive — —
abessive Emmattamme Emmoittamme
comitative — Emmoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Emmanne Emmanne
accusative nom. Emmanne Emmanne
gen. Emmanne
genitive Emmanne Emmojenne
Emmainnerare
partitive Emmaanne Emmojanne
inessive Emmassanne Emmoissanne
elative Emmastanne Emmoistanne
illative Emmaanne Emmoihinne
adessive Emmallanne Emmoillanne
ablative Emmaltanne Emmoiltanne
allative Emmallenne Emmoillenne
essive Emmananne Emmoinanne
translative Emmaksenne Emmoiksenne
instructive — —
abessive Emmattanne Emmoittanne
comitative — Emmoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Emmansa Emmansa
accusative nom. Emmansa Emmansa
gen. Emmansa
genitive Emmansa Emmojensa
Emmainsarare
partitive Emmaansa Emmojaan
Emmojansa
inessive Emmassaan
Emmassansa 		Emmoissaan
Emmoissansa
elative Emmastaan
Emmastansa 		Emmoistaan
Emmoistansa
illative Emmaansa Emmoihinsa
adessive Emmallaan
Emmallansa 		Emmoillaan
Emmoillansa
ablative Emmaltaan
Emmaltansa 		Emmoiltaan
Emmoiltansa
allative Emmalleen
Emmallensa 		Emmoilleen
Emmoillensa
essive Emmanaan
Emmanansa 		Emmoinaan
Emmoinansa
translative Emmakseen
Emmaksensa 		Emmoikseen
Emmoiksensa
instructive — —
abessive Emmattaan
Emmattansa 		Emmoittaan
Emmoittansa
comitative — Emmoineen
Emmoinensa

Related terms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɛ.ma/, /e.ma/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun[edit]

Emma f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Emma
    • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Eleanor Marx-Aveling, transl., Madame Bovary: Part II, Chapter III::
      Charles désirait qu’on appelât l’enfant comme sa mère ; Emma s’y opposait. On parcourut le calendrier d’un bout à l’autre, et l’on consulta les étrangers.
      Charles wanted the child to be called after her mother; Emma opposed this. They ran over the calendar from end to end, and then consulted outsiders.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Popular in France in the 2000s.

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Short form of compound female given names beginning with Proto-Germanic *ermana, Proto-Germanic *irmina "whole, entire".

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Emma

  1. a female given name

Usage notes[edit]

  • Name of medieval German saints and queens. Popular in Germany in the 19th century and becoming popular in the 2000s.

Related terms[edit]

Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1852. From German Emma.

Proper noun[edit]

Emma f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes[edit]

  • Popular in Latvia in the end of the 19th century

References[edit]

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • [2] Population Register of Latvia: Emma was the only given name of 687 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Norwegian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Emma. First recorded in Norway in the 1790s.

Proper noun[edit]

Emma

  1. a female given name

References[edit]

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • [3] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 8 241 females with the given name Emma living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Emma. First recorded in Sweden in 1766.

Proper noun[edit]

Emma c (genitive Emmas)

  1. a female given name

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [4] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 69 488 females with the given name Emma living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English Emma.

Proper noun[edit]

Emma

  1. a female given name from English
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Emma&oldid=72977453"