Emana

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɛmænə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Emana is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • SISlovenia1 in 53K(measured from records)
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 222K
  • BDBangladesh≈1 in 339K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈960 people, est.

Sources
12 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 53K (inferred from the name graph)

Slovenia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Emana 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.

Where Emana is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NG Nigeria≈960 est.≈1 in 222K—Emana5
BD Bangladesh≈480 est.≈1 in 339K—Emana8
ID Indonesia≈76 est.≈1 in 3.5M—Emana7
KE Kenya≈57 est.≈1 in 936K—Emana4
PK Pakistan≈55 est.≈1 in 4.2M—Emana3
SI Slovenia401 in 53K46——
AE United Arab Emirates≈15 est.≈1 in 665K—Emana3
LV Latvia31 in 627K3——

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: SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Emana is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Nigeria, United States, Germany

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Êmãnã, Ëmänä

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Philippines, United States, Argentina

    Also written Emána, Emaña, Emänä

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Cameroon, Congo - Kinshasa

    Also written Émana

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Emana is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latin, second-person singular present active imperative of ēmānō

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In lld, third-person singular present indicative of emaner

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Estonian, essive singular of ema

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In ss, to be stingy

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In ttj, vagina

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Romanian, EMANÁ, emán, vb. I. 1. Tranz. A emite, a degaja, a împrăștia un gaz, vapori, un miros etc.; a exala. 2. Intranz. A proveni, a veni de la...; a izvorî, a-și avea originea.

    as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology

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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalनमस्ते Emana जी,Hi Emana, (English)

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 14 sources across 9 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

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 Emana?
A machine transcription gives /ɛmænə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
Is Emana a male or female name?
Emana 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 Emana have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 962 people named Emana in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled emana.
Where is Emana most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Emana is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 53 thousand people — even though Nigeria holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Emana?
In Slovenia, the national register counted 40 people named Emana in 2025, about 1 in 53 thousand residents.

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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, “Emana”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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