Given name & surname
Emerich
Emerich is a masculine given name. It is used in Czech.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Emerich isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2014. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Emerich through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29
- 29 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 952 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.
Emerich’s family of names
In German usage, Emerich has a related form in Emmerich. In Greek usage, Emerich as a surname is a transliteration of Έμεριχ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Emerickequivalent
- Emerikequivalent
- Americoequivalent
- Emerykequivalent
- Imreequivalent
- Amerigoequivalent
- Emrichequivalent
- Américoequivalent
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People named Emerich
- Emerich JeneiRomanian footballer (1937–2025)
- Emerich RothCzechoslovak-born Swedish writer, social worker, and Holocaust survivor (1924–2022)
- Emerich SinelliAustrian Capuchin friar and Prince-Bishop1622–1685
- Emerich CorethAustrian theologian and philosopher (1919–2006)
- Emerich JuettnerAustrian-American counterfeiter1876–1955
- Emerich UllmannAustrian surgeon1861–1937
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.