Given name & surname
Emerick
“the work ruler”
Emerick is a variant of Emeric. One German interpretation is “the work ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Emerick is a variant of Emeric. One German interpretation is “the work ruler.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Emerick is a variant of Emeric. An origin associated with Emeric is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Emerick through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 748
- 748 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 47 babies
- 2025
- 41
- #3,011 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 41 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,011 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 47 in 2018. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 534 as a first name in 2020; 5,516 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.
Emerick’s family of names
Emerick has a related form in Emeric.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Emmerichequivalent
- Emerikequivalent
- Americoequivalent
- Emerykequivalent
- Imreequivalent
- Emerichequivalent
- Amerigoequivalent
- Emrichequivalent
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People named Emerick
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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