Message: "Emma" - Behind the Name

Emma

by MackenzieLovesYou (guest)

6/21/2011, 7:39 PM

Wdyt? Too boring? Too popular?

I love it. I think it's a gorgeous name :).

#Emma

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- Alcyone

6/22/2011, 8:42 PM

It's a sweet name. I used to want to name my daughter Emma years ago, but then it got too popular. I don't find it too boring, though.

- Mistawis

6/22/2011, 3:22 PM

I love Emma! I don't care how popular it is and I don't consider it boring.

(My favorite combos with it are Emma Lavender, Emma Beatrix, Emma Louise, and Emma Rosalie.)

- beethoven (blaaarg)

6/22/2011, 3:01 PM

I wish no one felt this way.

-Emma

- guru (BBH)

6/22/2011, 11:10 AM

I love the name. It's adorable. But yes, it is too popular for me to use, and I don't say that often.

- Mareasi (Free_Spirited_Girly)

6/22/2011, 10:41 AM

It's very pretty but sounds mega popular in the US
Move to England? It's still common here but you don't hear it everyday, unlike Emily

- Caroline (CarolineCarolina)

6/22/2011, 8:46 AM

Whether it's popular or not, it's a gorgeous name. I don't love hearing it all the time on little girls, but I certainly doesn't make me cringe like, say, Madison would. Emma in the middle is nice also; no one ever does that.

Josephine Emma
Katherine Emma
Margaret Emma

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- New_Chloe

6/22/2011, 8:14 AM

I like it. It's old fashioned and warm. I think it's popular for good reason :)

- Ozma (MelvinSpelvin)

6/22/2011, 7:53 AM

I consider it more of a classic than boring. It didn't always have 'classic' status, but with it being used so much in the past 20 years, I think it's getting there.

I like it. It's homey and sweet.

- Llewella (penguiny7) +1

6/22/2011, 4:09 AM

Because of the popularity it initially gives me this unpleasant image of the little blonde girl whose parents call her princess and treat her as such and decorate her entire room in pink and dress her only in pink and blahhhhh. But then I force myself to imagine Emma dressed in homespun and bonnet and on the prairie, and then it's quite pleasant. I like it then.

- beethoven (blaaarg)

6/22/2011, 6:02 PM

BLEAAAAHGHGH WHY WAS I NAMED THIS

- insane romantic

6/22/2011, 12:26 AM

My name is Emma, so it's hard to comment on it, but I do think it has a nice sound. I didn't realise it was quite so popular (its not so much here) but I think that would put me off.

Emma was a really popular name when I was younger, and I was one of 4 in my class.

- Pink Princess

6/21/2011, 11:33 PM

I like it a lot and don't find it boring, though it is very popular.

- Violet (dlilly)

6/21/2011, 9:55 PM

I really like Emma, even though it definitely is too common. It's one of the few names I might consider despite the popularity. I think it's timeless and very pretty in a simple way.

- ADT (guest) +1

6/21/2011, 9:43 PM

Too popular, and not even popular for babies. When I was a teaching assistant for a course of about 200 university studets the most popular girl names were Emma and Emily. Some Emilies liked to be called Emma.

- ADT (guest)

6/21/2011, 9:44 PM

This was a first year course, so 18.

- stephanie85

6/21/2011, 9:23 PM

I love it, but it is way too popular unfortunately.

- Apolline

6/21/2011, 9:03 PM

Boring. I've never particularly liked Emma. Combine that with the popularity of the name and I'm bored to tears by it.

- stephanie85

6/21/2011, 8:42 PM

I love it, but it is way too popular unfortunately.

- FlakyMatt +3

6/21/2011, 8:05 PM

It looks like a poor ripoff of my sister's name ( Ella ) and it's way too common, also, I don't like Em- names generally.

- insane romantic +2

6/22/2011, 12:25 AM

I find it weird that you think it's a ripoff of Ella, when both names have been around for centuries - in fact Emma is an older name than Ella. It's not like Emma was made up to be like Ella. And Ella is really common too.

- FlakyMatt +1

6/22/2011, 3:02 PM

I never said i thought it was a ripoff of Ella, I said it LOOKS like a ripoff of Ella.

- beethoven (blaaarg)

6/22/2011, 6:16 PM

hah. I've always felt that way about Ella, as an Emma.

Nothing personal, of course, I think they're both OK names. I just get a little defensive about Ella.

- AricaDawn (guest)

6/21/2011, 7:44 PM

Love it! It's in my top 5. It's become pretty common,but that doesn't bother me. I'd rather choose a name that may be alittle popular over a trendy made up name

- agxox +3

6/21/2011, 7:41 PM

Way too popular for me at least, every other baby in the US is being named Emma.

This message was edited 6/21/2011, 7:45 PM

- UniqueNameLover +2

6/21/2011, 7:51 PM

I agree. I know of a ton of Emmas. This is a name I would stay away from, unless you don't mind your daughter being refered to as "Emma *last name initial*"

- Donham +1

6/21/2011, 9:51 PM

Emma has been in the top 10 since 2002! There were over 17,000 babies named Emma just last year in the US. I like the name, and actually wanted to use it because it's the name of my maternal and paternal grandmothers, and one of my great grandmothers.....but I refused to because it's so popular.
Your child would definitly be Emma "Last Name Initial" in their school classes.

- Donham

6/21/2011, 9:52 PM

Sorry! Meant to post on original thread/

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