Given name & surname

Émeric

“home”

Émeric is a masculine given name from Proto-Germanic, meaning “home.” It is used in French.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Émeric means “home.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Émeric comes from Proto-Germanic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Émeric’s family of names

In French usage, Émeric shares a linguistic root with the English form Emery. In French usage, Émeric has a related form in Aymeric. In French usage, Émeric shares a linguistic root with Henri.

Walk Émeric’s family in the name graph

ÉmericEmericAymericEmeryHenriEmerickEmmerichAmericoImreEmerikEmerykEmerichAmerigoEmericoImrichEmrichEmmerikAmérico

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Émeric has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.

FrenchProto-Germanic

4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

People named Émeric

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Émeric, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Germanic · Royal

Æþelric

“noble” · “king”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Almaric

Almaric is a masculine given name from Gothic. It is used in French.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Amalric

Amalric is a masculine given name, probably from Proto-Germanic. It is used in French.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Euric

Euric is a masculine given name from Gothic. It is used in English and French.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Geiseric

Geiseric is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic · Royal

Heanric

“home” · “king”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Emérico

Emérico is a masculine given name from Medieval Latin, ultimately from Germanic. It is used in Portuguese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic · Royal

Beorhtric

“bright” · “king, ruler”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Émeric’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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