Emerson

English

"son of Emery"

Emerson Origin and Meaning

The name Emerson is a boy's name of German origin meaning "son of Emery".

Emerson is a dignified, somewhat serious name associated with transcendental thinker Ralph Waldo Emerson. Much more popular now for girls since Desperate Housewife Teri Hatcher used it for her daughter, it is definitely still a viable boys name.

Emerson Rank in US Top 1000

# 268 in the US

Emerson Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 95 on Nameberry

Emerson Popularity

• 268 US 2023
• 95 Nameberry 2024
• 196 Canada 2021
• 166 Future 2028
• 617 England 2023

20 Names Similar to Emerson

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Emerson.

• Everett
• Emmett
• Bennett
• Emerson
• Holden
• Beckett
• Hudson
• Grayson
• Harrison
• Easton
• Greyson
• Emery
• Elliot
• Sawyer
• Lincoln
• Ellis
• Finn
• Wyatt
• Rowan
• Graham

Famous People Named Emerson

• Emerson Clark Hockey Player
• Emerson Barrett drummer of fashion,art band Palaye Royale
• Emerson Etem American/Professional Hockey Player
• Emerson Frostad Baseball Player
• Emerson Spencer American Sprinter
• Emerson Hugh De Lacy American Politician
• Emerson Collins Actor and Producer
• Emerson Brooks American Actor
• Emerson Borges Brazilian Football/Soccer player
• Emerson Swinford Guitarist
• Emerson Boozeer American Football Player
• Emerson Fittipaldi Brazilian automobile racing driver
• Emerson de la Rosa footballer
• Emerson Hart lead singer of alternative rock band Tonic
• Emerson Henrique musician
• Emerson Hyndman American soccer Player
• Eric Emerson Schmidt Executive Chairman of Google
• Emerson Ulrich son of actress Lisa Langlois and Robert Ulrich
• Emerson Truett son of actress Rebecca Herbst
• Emerson Katt son of actor William Katt
• Emerson Roland Herter (b. 2013) son of TV personalities Blair Herter and Jessica Chobot
• Emerson Spencer Stone (b. 2014) son of chef Curtis Stone and Lindsay Price
• Emerson Stajan (b. 2014) late son of ice hockey player Matt Stajan
• Emerson Newton John, nephew of Olivia Newton,John
• Zephyr Emerson Parker son of Sean Parker of Facebook
• Jacob Emerson Fishman son of actress Courtney Thorne,Smith
• Emerson Fox Smith son of Halestorm's bassist Joshua Smith

Emerson in Pop Culture

• Emerson Cod character on TV's Pushing Daisies
• Emerson Drive Canadian country music band
• Emerson Strange comic book character
• Radcliffe Emerson husband of Amelia Peabody in Elizabeth Peters' mystery series
• Emerson Kent character on British TV series Whitechapel
• Charles Emerson Winchester III character on TV's M*A*S*H
• Emerson College school in Boston, Massachusetts
• Carl Emerson called Emerson, character on CW's "The 100"