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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Emma f. Originally a hypocoristic of various names beginning with Old High German ermen, Old Saxon irmin 'strong', the name quickly gained existence as an independent name.

The name of an 11th C queen Consort of England, Denmark, and Norway, and an 11th C Austrian saint.

England
Latin
● 1279–80 Emma (nom) WaHR-SK p. 42, Emmam (acc) ibid. p. 56, Emme (dat) ibid. p. 37; 1300 Emma (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 237; 1381 Emma (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 68, Emme (nom) ibid. p. 73
Middle English
◑ 1418 Emet EEW p. 33, Emot ibid. p. 33
English
● 1530 Em LIWill-III p. 21; 1540 Eme BEmar-vol1 p. 2; 1545 Emme StNick-Sf p. 2; 1549 Emma StAnthonlin p. 7; 1550 Eme ibid. p. 8; 1552 Eme BEmar-vol1 p. 4; 1558 Em SOmar-vol9 p. 1; 1559 Emme BEmar-vol2 p. 53; 1560 Eme COmar-vol2 p. 47, Emma HAmar-vol9 p. 2; 1564 Eme BEmar-vol1 p. 7; 1566 Eme ibid. p. 8, COmar-vol2 p. 48; 1567 Emme SaxhamSf p. 2; 1570 Emma BUmar-vol2 p. 61; 1571 Eme BEmar-vol2 p. 2; 1575 Emma HAmar-vol9 p. 15; 1576 Em OrpingtonKe p. 4, Eme BEmar-vol2 p. 2; 1584 Eme DEmar-vol2 p. 10; 1586 Emma BUmar-vol2 p. 64; 1588 Emm DEmar-vol2 p. 16; 1594 Em BUmar-vol9 p. 8; 1596 Eme DEmar-vol2 p. 33; 1598 Eme BEmar-vol1 p. 17; 1599 Em DEmar-vol2 p. 40, Emm COmar-vol2 p. 24
◑ 1530 Emmot LIWill-III p. 40, Emot ibid. p. 28; 1555 Emet BarnstapleBap p. 9, Emott bruton-vol1 p. 27; 1572 Emott ibid. p. 40; 1580 Emote DEmar-vol1 p. 84, Emott bruton-vol1 p. 44
France
Latin
● 1113 Emme (gen) CartNDJosaphat III; 1131 Ema (nom) CartNDSaintes XXIII; 1180 Emme (gen) RotScaNor p. 34
Germany
Latin
● 822x875 Emme (abl) TradCorb §21
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Emma". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Emma.