Emi

• Indonesian:/əmi/○(machine-generated) model-generated
• Spanish:/ɛmi/○(machine-generated) model-generated

Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Emi is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Japanese41%

  Rōmaji transcription of えみ

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Indonesian15%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Emi in Indonesian.

• Spanish12%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Emi in Spanish.

• English11%

  rival; whole; beautiful favor, beautiful picture

  as a name·Nameberry — name pages (meaning / origin factual core only)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Emi, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Hana
• Ami
• Mei
• Rei
• Hina
• Aya
• Yumi
• Miki
• Keiko
• Sakura
• Haru
• Sora

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Emi is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Indonesian given name9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, Spain, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Emi, Ëmï, Émi, Émï, Emï

• English given name53 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Émi, Èmi, Emı, Êmï, Ěmï

• Bulgarian given name19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bulgaria, Russia, Poland, Croatia

  Languages: Bulgarian, Russian, Polish

  Also written Еми, Emmy, Emî, Ėmi

• Turkish given name8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Russia, United States, Azerbaijan

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Ëmï, Ėmi, Emı, Emï, Ëmî

• Lao given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, United States, Spain

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Emï, Emí, Émi, Emì

59 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Emi is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• ‘Smile’.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• Ghost.

  as a name·The African book of names

• In pi, first-person singular present/imperative active of eti (“to come”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Hawaiian, Flat (in music).

  as a word·Wehe²wiki² (wehe.hilo.hawaii.edu) — Pukui-Elbert, Māmaka Kaiao, Place Names, Andrews, Parker et al.

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) has counted Emi in 77 years.

• Astrid Lindgrenb. 1907SEnot in their usual nameSwedish writer of fiction and screenplays (1907–2002)
• Amy Tanb. 1952USnot in their usual nameAmerican novelist
• Amy Goodmanb. 1957USnot in their usual nameAmerican journalist (1957-)
• Amy Grantb. 1960USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer-songwriter, musician (born 1960)
• Amy Coney Barrettb. 1972USnot in their usual nameAmerican lawyer and jurist (born 1972)
• Amy Adamsb. 1974ITnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (born 1974)
• Litab. 1975USnot in their usual nameAmerican professional wrestler
• Amy Leeb. 1981USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer-songwriter and musician (born 1981)
• Amy Winehouseb. 1983GBnot in their usual nameBritish singer-songwriter (1983–2011)
• Emilia Clarkeb. 1986GBnot in their usual nameEnglish actress, model and writer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-31 data build.

How do you pronounce Emi?

It depends on the language: in Indonesian /əmi/; in Spanish /ɛmi/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

What is Emi short for?

In the etymology graph, Emi is recorded as a short form of Emilia.

Where does the name Emi come from?

‘Smile’. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.

Is Emi a boy's or a girl's name?

Emi is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Brazil (IBGE), France (INSEE, 2024) and Albania (INSTAT Albania), among others.

What does the name Emi mean?

In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of えみ

How has the popularity of Emi changed over time?

SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) (United States) has counted Emi in 77 years, and the Over time section on this page follows that one register's series. We never add registers together: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Which countries have the most people named Emi?

In the United States, the national register counted about 4.6 thousand people named Emi, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled emi. After it come Brazil, Albania, Sweden and Spain; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Emi most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Emi is densest in Albania — about 1 in 4.9 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Emi?

In the United States, the national register counted 4,595 people named Emi in 2020, about 1 in 72 thousand residents.