Given name
Emyr
“ruler, king, lord”
Emyr is used as a given name. One interpretation is “ruler, king, lord.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “ruler, king, lord.”
Where it comes from
Emyr is a variant of Emir. An origin associated with Emir is Arabic. Emyr is a variant of Emer. A possible origin is Irish, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
The name’s historical associations include a 6th-century Breton saint.
Emyr through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 127
- 127 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #4,909 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,909 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Emyr’s family of names
Emyr has a related form in Emir. Emyr has a related form in Emer.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Emyr
- Emyr HumphreysWelsh author, poet and novelist (1919-2020)
- Budic II of Brittanysub-Roman Breton king460–544
- Emyr LewisWelsh rugby union playerborn 1968
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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