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Emer

Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Emer: Irish Meaning of Emer: "swift"

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Popular name in Ireland -- it's pronounced ee-mer -- from the legendary wife of Cuchulainn who was supposed to possess the six gifts of womanhood: beauty, voice, speech, wisdom, chastity, and of course, needlework. Is found in the poetry of Yeats.

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