Emjay

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Emjay by the numbers

Emjay was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Emjay

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

  • Emerybrave, powerful; industrious ruler2,983 in the US (2017)
  • Emorybrave power; from a surname740 in the US (2017)
  • Emaanfaith, belief120 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Emrey17 in the US (2017)
  • Emary13 in the US (2017)

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