Given name & surname
Emmert
“whole, all-encompassing + strong, hardy”
Emmert is a surname with more than one origin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
As an English surname, it goes back to a word meaning “whole, all-encompassing + strong, hardy.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
As an English surname, it comes from German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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
Emmert through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 201
- 201 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 19 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 1948. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,756 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.
Emmert’s family of names
In English usage, Emmert as a surname has a related form in EMMER. In English usage, Emmert as a surname has a related form in EMERT.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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