Ema
From Hebrew, carrying the sense of "whole, universal". Fewer than 500 women in Poland go by it, so meeting one stays memorable, though a handful of girls are still given it each year.
Ema Pronunciation
Ema is pronounced E-mah (/ˈɛma/).
What Ema means
Where Ema comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ema traces back to Hebrew. The meaning recorded for it is whole, universal, a sense of someone entire in herself. Three letters hold that.
In Poland the name stays rare. It sits far down the list of registered given names, and a girl called Ema can be the only one in her school class. Her name day is kept on 24 November.
Calling a name universal is a later reading rather than a literal Hebrew gloss, a way of hearing the word generously. The sense of wholeness settled onto Ema over time, and it suits a name this compact, with nothing spare in it. Say it once and you have said all of it. What stays fixed is the short meaning behind the three letters: whole, universal.
When Ema celebrates name day
Ema appears 4 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 8 April.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Ema
1 in 47361 women in Poland is named Ema. 476 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1352 among female names.
Ema's popularity over time
3 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1235 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2020.
Where Ema is most popular
Ema is most popular in Lower Silesian, 588% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lesser Poland (+376%).
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Lower Silesian2 girls born+588%
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Lesser Poland2 girls born+376%
Ema as a middle name
Ema is a first name for 476 women in Poland and a middle name for another 288, a 62/38 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 396th, between Kristina (290) and Zoe (288).
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#394 Ela291
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#395 Kristina290
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#396 Ema288
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#397 Zoe288
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#398 Radosława286