Given name

Emeril

Emeril is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Emeril 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 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Emeril through the years

Babies since 1880
86
70 boys · 16 girls
Most popular year
2001
12 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
Boys Girls
024620002025Highest share 1999Boys 0.0Girls 0.0
Emeril in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1999–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 139 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

People named Emeril

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

Appears in

Similar names

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

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Eldrich

“an old, wise ruler”

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>99% boys

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Exzavion

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>99% boys

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Emrah

“one who is brotherly”

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83% boys · 17% girls

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Edmilson

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Elvir

Elvir is a surname.

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Edwuin

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Aamil

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Anterious

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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

A brother for Emeril

A sister for Emeril