Emmy (given name)
Emmy is a feminine (rarely also masculine) given name.
Orthographic variants include Emme, Emmi, Emmie.
The name is in many instances a hypocoristic of either Emma (itself being in origin a hypocoristic of a number of ancient Germanic names beginning in ermen) or (more rarely) Emily, or Emmanuel (Emmanuelle).
It came to be used as a separate (rare) German name, given officially in Germany from the later 19th century.
As an officially given feminine name, Emmy ranked 66th in Sweden and 89th in France as of 2010.
Emmy is rarely also encountered as a surname.
Notable people with the name include:
Emmy Andriesse (1914–1953), Dutch photographer
Emmy Krüger (1886-1976), German operatic soprano
Emmy Loose (1914-1987), Austrian operatic soprano
Emmy Noether (1882–1935), Bavarian Jewish mathematician
Emmy Verhey (born 1949), Dutch violinist
Emmy Wehlen (1887–1977), German actress
Emmy Werner (born 1929), American developmental psychologist
As a familiar form of Emma
Emmy Bridgwater (1906–1999, born Emma Frith Bridgwater), English artist and poet