Embyr

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Embyr by the numbers

Embyr was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Embyr

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 Embyr. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Emberglowing piece of coal or wood192 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Embrybrave and powerful; a respelling of Emery or variant of Emory63 in the US (2017)
  • Emrynimmortal or exalted; a form of emrys54 in the US (2017)
  • Emiya16 in the US (2017)
  • Emaya14 in the US (2017)
  • Embri5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Embyr

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