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Esmeralda

Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Esmeralda: Spanish Meaning of Esmeralda: "emerald" Esmeralda's Popularity in 2012: #358
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This Spanish version of the jewel-like Emerald has long been popular with Hispanic parents, and has now climbed to Number 332 on the US list, where it first appeared in 1951.

In the 1831 Victor Hugo novel Notre-Dame of Paris, aka The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Gypsy heroine was born Agnes, but called La Esmeralda in reference to the jewel she wears around her neck. The name Esmeralda got increased visibility via the Disney version of the story.

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(La) Esmeralda - one of the main characters in Victor Hugo's novel Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre Dame); a young gipsy/gypsy/Romani street dancer who wins the affections of several characters and [*SPOILERS*] is eventually wrongly hanged for witchcraft.

Esmeralda - gypsy/Romani character in Disney's adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Esmerelda - Frank's young cousin in The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

Nicknames & Variations for Esmeralda

Em, Emelda, Emerald, Emerant, Emeraude, Emmie, Esma, Esmarada, Esmaralda, Esmarelda, Esmaria, Esmeralda, Esmeraldina, Esmeranda, Esmerelda, Esmerilda, Esmie, Esmiralda, Esmiralde, Esmirelda, Esmé, Ezmirilda, Ismaerelda, Ismaralda

Esmeralda's International Variations

Ismeralda (Spanish)

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