Emery

EM-er-ee

English from German

"industrious"

Emery Origin and Meaning

The name Emery is a girl's name of German origin meaning "industrious".

The superpopularity of Emily and Emma has recently boosted the unisex Emery, especially since it became a celebrity baby name when it was chosen by Angie Harmon and Jason Sehorn.

Emery now ranks among the girls' Top 100 names in the US, though Emma, Emily, and even Emilia are more popular. Emerson and Emmeline are two other popular girl names in the same vein.

Nickname Emmy or Emmie makes it cute and girlish but even more popular given the legion of little Emmys.

Emery Rank in US Top 1000

# 70 in the US

Emery Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 235 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Emery

• 70 US 2023
• 235 Nameberry 2025
• 14 Unisex 2023
• 150 Canada 2023
• 63 Future 2028

20 Names Similar to Emery

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

• Everly
• Emerson
• Finley
• Hadley
• Avery
• Ainsley
• Kinsley
• Noa
• Teagan
• Emersyn
• Ansley
• Brynn
• Rylan
• Brinley
• Keagan
• Myla
• Delaney
• Emerie
• Kenna
• Leighton

Famous People Named Emery

• Emery Ann Shada relative of Jaden Jeremy Shada
• Emery Hope Sehorn daughter of athlete Jason Sehorn and actor/model Angie Harmon
• Emery Ann Osmond (b. 2008) granddaughter of singer Donny Osmond
• Emery Mattie Curry (b. 2007) daughter of NFL player Ronald Curry
• Emery Griffith daughter of TV personality Nathan Griffith of "Teen Mom 2"
• Emery Farryn Abbott (b. 2017) daughter of musician Josh Abbott

The name Emery in Pop Culture

• Emery Ashworth main character in "The Children of Hypnos" by Francesca Zappia
• Emery Whitehill main character on The CW's "Star,Crossed"
• Emery board type of nail file
• Emery Scott the daughter of Hardin Scott and Tessa Young in The After Series by Anna Todd