Emberley
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 39 babies a year in the US.
Emberley by the numbers
Emberley was given to 39 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Emberley
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Emberley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Emberlybrave, powerful; a modern respelling of Emery with -ly suffix467 in the US (2017)
- Emberlee136 in the US (2017)
- Emberlei5 in the US (2017)
- Everleywild boar meadow55 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emberlynindustrious with -lyn suffix; a modern form of Emmeline148 in the US (2017)
- Emerly24 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Emberley
Names that are said the same way as Emberley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Emberleighglowing coal with -leigh suffix; a compound name49 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Emberley
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