Emi
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Rōmaji transcription of えみ
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɛmi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Emi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country, where it is the 73rd most common given name.
- JPJapan≈1 in 748(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 34Kas Emmy
- ALAlbania1 in 4.9K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Emi itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Japan (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 205 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 748 (inferred from the name graph)
≈170,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Rōmaji transcription of えみ
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Emi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | #73 | ≈170,000 est. | ≈1 in 748 | — | Emi | 141 |
| US United States | — | 9,880as Emmy | 1 in 34K | 9.8K | Emi | 205 |
| SE Sweden | — | 7,366as Emmy | 1 in 1.4K | 7.4K | — | 6 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 66K | — | Emi | 21 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 29K | 10 | Emi | 17 |
| BR Brazil | — | 1,078 | 1 in 196K | 1.2K | — | 1 |
| DK Denmark | — | 656as Emmy | 1 in 8.9K | 656 | — | — |
| AL Albania | — | 627 | 1 in 4.9K | 597 | — | — |
| NO Norway | — | 500as Emmy | 1 in 11K | 1.5K | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Emi is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
‘Smile’.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Ghost.
as a nameThe African book of names
In pi, first-person singular present/imperative active of eti (“to come”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, first-person singular perfect active indicative of emō
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Hawaiian, to diminish, to reduce, to decrease, to become smaller
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Astrid Lindgrenb. 1907SEnot in their usual nameSwedish writer of fiction and screenplays (1907–2002)
- Amy Tanb. 1952USnot in their usual nameAmerican novelist
- Amy Goodmanb. 1957USnot in their usual nameAmerican journalist (1957-)
- Amy Grantb. 1960USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer-songwriter, musician (born 1960)
- Amy Coney Barrettb. 1972USnot in their usual nameAmerican lawyer and jurist (born 1972)
- Amy Adamsb. 1974ITnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (born 1974)
- Litab. 1975USnot in their usual nameAmerican professional wrestler
- Amy Leeb. 1981USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer-songwriter and musician (born 1981)
- Amy Winehouseb. 1983GBnot in their usual nameBritish singer-songwriter (1983–2011)
- Emilia Clarkeb. 1986GBnot in their usual nameEnglish actress, model and writer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 79 sources across 42 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 4.5K | #4,174 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 1.2K | #8,034 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 1.1K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 946 | #7,854 |
| AL Albania | INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts) | — | 597 | #776 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 303 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 154 | #6,337 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 145 | #4,174 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 132 | #7,854 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 90 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 86 | #8,475 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 58 | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Emi?
- A machine transcription gives /ɛmi/ (IPA) for Japanese.
- What does the name Emi mean, and where does it come from?
- Rōmaji transcription of えみ Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Emi a male or female name?
- Emi is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Emi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 168 thousand people named Emi in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled emi.
- How common is the name Emi?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 1,078 people named Emi in 2022, about 1 in 196 thousand residents.
- How common is Emi compared with other names?
- In Japan, Emi is the 73rd most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Emi?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/emiThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Emi” — the 73rd most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.