Emerson
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Updated Tue Mar 26 2024
Emerson Origin and Meaning
The name Emerson is a boy's name of German origin meaning "son of Emery".
Emerson is a dignified, somewhat serious name associated with transcendental thinker Ralph Waldo Emerson. Much more popular now for girls since Desperate Housewife Teri Hatcher used it for her daughter, it is definitely still a viable boys name.
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Famous People Named Emerson
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- Emerson SpencerAmerican Sprinter
- Emerson Hugh De LacyAmerican Politician
- Emerson CollinsActor and Producer
- Emerson BrooksAmerican Actor
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- Emerson FittipaldiBrazilian automobile racing driver
- Emerson de la Rosafootballer
- Emerson Hartlead singer of alternative rock band Tonic
- Emerson Henriquemusician
- Emerson HyndmanAmerican soccer Player
- Eric Emerson SchmidtExecutive Chairman of Google
- Emerson Ulrichson of actress Lisa Langlois and Robert Ulrich
- Emerson Truettson of actress Rebecca Herbst
- Emerson Kattson of actor William Katt
- Emerson Roland Herter (b. 2013)son of TV personalities Blair Herter and Jessica Chobot
- Emerson Spencer Stone (b. 2014)son of chef Curtis Stone and Lindsay Price
- Emerson Stajan (b. 2014)late son of ice hockey player Matt Stajan
- Emerson NewtonJohn, nephew of Olivia Newton,John
- Zephyr Emerson Parkerson of Sean Parker of Facebook
- Jacob Emerson Fishmanson of actress Courtney Thorne,Smith
- Emerson Fox Smithson of Halestorm's bassist Joshua Smith
Emerson in Pop Culture
- Emerson Codcharacter on TV's Pushing Daisies
- Emerson DriveCanadian country music band
- Emerson Strangecomic book character
- Radcliffe Emersonhusband of Amelia Peabody in Elizabeth Peters' mystery series
- Emerson Kentcharacter on British TV series Whitechapel
- Charles Emerson Winchester IIIcharacter on TV's M*A*S*H
- Emerson Collegeschool in Boston, Massachusetts
- Carl Emersoncalled Emerson, character on CW's "The 100"