Given name & surname
Eman
“a knowing man”·“God is with us”
Eman is a variant of Earnan. One Irish interpretation is “a knowing man.” Eman is a variant of Emmanuela. In Hebrew use, Emmanuela carries the interpretation “God is with us.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eman is a variant of Earnan. One Irish interpretation is “a knowing man.” Eman is a variant of Emmanuela. In Hebrew use, Emmanuela carries the interpretation “God is with us.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Eman is a variant of Earnan. An origin associated with Earnan is Irish. Eman is a variant of Emmanuel. An origin associated with Emmanuel is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Czech usage, Eman is a diminutive of Emanuel.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Eman is a variant of Emmanuel. The history of Emmanuel gives this family its wider story. Emmanuel appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Eman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,573
- 335 boys · 2,238 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 90 babies
- 2025
- 87
- #2,703 for girls · #4,436 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +17%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 24% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 64 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,703 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 10.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 79 in 2001. It also appeared in 23 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Texas and Virginia shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,233 as a first name in 2020; 302 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eman’s family of names
In Czech usage, Eman is a diminutive of Emanuel. Eman has a related form in Emmanuel. Eman has a related form in Emmanuela.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Eman
- Eman al-NafjanSaudi Arabian blogger, writer and women's rights activistborn 1950
- Eman El-AsyEgyptian actressborn 1985
- Eman Ahmed Abd El Atyconsidered to be the heaviest living woman in the world and the second heaviest woman in history (after Carol Yager)1980–2017
- Eman MarkovicNorwegian association football playerborn 1999
- Eman EsfandiPersian-American actor and rapperborn 1997
- Eman KošpoBosnia and Herzegovina association football player (born 2007)
- Eman FialaCzech film director, actor, composer, comedian, director and scriptwriter (1899–1970)
- Eman GhoneimEgyptian geomorphologist
- Eman LamHong Kong singer-songwriterborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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