Ema
A girls’ name of Germanic origin, meaning whole; universal; short form of Emma.
Ema by the numbers
In 2025, 37 babies in England and Wales were named Ema. In the US, 129 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 161 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Emma
Like Ema, each of these traces back to Emma: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Emmalynwhole and beloved; a blended form of Emma and Lynn644 in the US (2017)
- Emmywhole or universal; diminutive of Emilia or Emma105 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emmiewhole or universal; diminutive of Emma248 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emmalynnwhole, universal; combination of Emma and Lynn302 in the US (2017)
- Emmalinewhole, universal; form of Emma297 in the US (2017)
- Emmaleewhole or universal; blend of Emma with -lee suffix227 in the US (2017)
- Emmewhole or universal; a form of Emma141 in the US (2017)
- Emmaleighbeloved; a form of Emma with suffix -leah121 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ema. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Emmawhole, universal19,752 in the US (2017)
- Evalife; form of Eve758 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emiblessed, beautiful; a form of Emiko27 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emanfaith, belief40 in England and Wales (2025)
- Enashining fire or brilliance10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emywhole; a form of Emma7 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Ema
Names that are said the same way as Ema, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Emmahwhole, universal; variant of Emma24 in the US (2017)