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.
The English diminutive Emmot and the vernacular form Em are witnessed in 1379 in the relational bynames Emmot'sone (WRYPT1 p. 40) and Emsoñ WRYPT1 p. 163).
- Austria
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- Latin
- ● 1074x1087 Hemma (nom) UrkStyria 77
- Belgium
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- Latin
- ● 1050 Emma (nom) CRS-2-5 p. 232
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1155 Emmæ (gen) FPD p. 121, fn. 1;
1189 Ema (nom) GASurv p. 115,
Emma (nom) ibid. p. 199,
Imma (nom) ibid. p. 156;
1222 Emma (nom) StPaulDom p. 2,
emme (gen) ibid. p. 39;
1256 Emma (nom) EARNb p. 2,
Emmam (acc) ibid. p. 2;
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;
1321 Emme (gen) PSS-CXIV 6;
1340xc1450 Emma (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 2;
1377 Emma (nom) FenPT-2 p. 5;
1379 Emma (nom) WRYPT1 p. 2;
1381 Emma (nom) FenPT-2 p. 6,
Suffolk1381 p. 68,
Emme (nom) ibid. p. 73
- ◑ 1377 Emmota (nom) FenPT-2 p. 4;
1379 Emmot' (nom) WRYPT1 p. 6,
Emmote (gen) ibid. p. 17,
Emot' (nom) ibid. p. 15,
Emota (nom) ibid. p. 15;
1423 Emmotæ (gen) WillsInv L;
1485–1486 Emmota (abl) CovGuild-2 p. 73;
1559/60 Emott (nom) Chst-1 p. 10
- Middle English
- ◑ 1418 Emet EEW p. 33,
Emot ibid. p. 33
- Early Modern English
- ● 1530 Em LIWill-III p. 21;
1540 Eme BEmar-vol1 p. 2;
1545 Emme StNick-Sf p. 2;
1547 Emme WAmar-1 p. 107;
1549 Emma StAnthonlin p. 7;
1550 Eme ibid. p. 8;
1551 Emme WAmar-1 p. 108;
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 Em BarnstapleBap p. 13,
Eme BEmar-vol1 p. 7;
1565 Eme WAmar-1 p. 75;
1566 Eme BEmar-vol1 p. 8,
COmar-vol2 p. 48;
1567 Emme SaxhamSf p. 2;
1568 Emma ExMar 2b;
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;
1580 Eme HAmar-vol9 p. 68;
1584 Eme DEmar-vol2 p. 10;
1586 Emma BUmar-vol2 p. 64;
1588 Emm DEmar-vol2 p. 16;
1592 Eme HAmar-vol9 p. 140;
1593 Em COmar-vol2 p. 72;
1594 Em BUmar-vol9 p. 8,
COmar-vol2 p. 72;
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;
1560 Emmyn ibid. p. 110;
1572 Emott ibid. p. 40;
1575 Emmott COmar-vol2 p. 122;
1580 Emote DEmar-vol1 p. 84,
Emott bruton-vol1 p. 44
- France
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- Latin
- ● a993? Emma (nom) CartSavII 103,
Emmę (gen) ibid. 103;
1000? Emma (nom) ibid. 9;
1064x1079 Ema (nom) StVdM-II 690;
1113 Emme (gen) CartNDJosaphat III;
1131 Ema (nom) CartNDSaintes XXIII;
1180 Emme (gen) RotScaNor p. 34
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 822x875 Emme (abl) TradCorb §21;
1016 Hemme (dat) UrkStyria 38,
Hemmę (gen) ibid. 37
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● fin12thC Emme (gen) MunDocIr III, p. 5
- Spain
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- Latin
- ● 875 Emmone (abl) CDCB-XV MMXVI;
896 Emmo (nom) ibid. MMXIX,
Emmone (abl) ibid. MMXIX;
899 Hemmone (abl) ibid. MMXXII;
1006 Ema (abl) ibid. MMCLXV,
Emam (acc) ibid. MMCLXV
- Switzerland
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- Latin
- ● 1215 Emma (nom) CartHaut 34
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Emma". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Emma.