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Meaning of the nameEma

Ema is a female name corresponding to the English Emma, of Germanic origin, linked to an element meaning 'whole'.

Meaning

“form of Emma, from a Germanic element meaning 'whole'”

Source: Wiktionary: Emma · Behind the Name: Emma

People (2022)
3,005
Rank in Brazil
#3,891
Median age
69 years
2010 Census
4,356
people

Ema in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ema, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1940s (745 people).

2,985 women 20 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Ema is most common

States with the highest share of people named Ema in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.010%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.007%
  3. Paraná 0.003%
  4. São Paulo 0.001%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul1,0460.010%
São Paulo5490.001%
Santa Catarina5240.007%
Paraná3730.003%
Rio de Janeiro1150.001%
Minas Gerais890.000%
Espírito Santo610.002%
Amazonas310.001%
Rondônia270.002%
Mato Grosso250.001%
Goiás240.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul220.001%
Pará210.000%
Roraima210.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Ema

Wiktionary lists Ema as a Portuguese female name equivalent to Emma, and Behind the Name lists Ema as the Portuguese form of Emma. According to Wiktionary, Emma began as a short form of compound names with the Frankish element Ermin-, 'whole'; Behind the Name gives irmin as 'whole' or 'great'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,005 people named Ema, with a median age of 69. Most records are of people born before 1970, and the name is almost always female. Emma is the spelling with two M.

Spelling with a single M, the most recorded in the group; proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul. The 2010s and 2020 to 2022 show a recent return of the name.

Other spellings of Ema

SpellingPeople (2022)
Ema3,005
Emma1,349

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Ema · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Emma · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Emma · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ema · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Ema

What does the name Ema mean?

Ema means “form of Emma, from a Germanic element meaning 'whole'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Ema in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,005 people with the first name Ema, which ranks it number 3,891 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1940s.

Is Ema a boy's or a girl's name?

Ema is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,985 women and 20 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Ema?

Ema is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Ema most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.010% of the state's population is named Ema (1,046 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Ema?

Emma. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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