Entry № 2950 · Celtic origin

Emer Emer — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ EE-mer /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Celtic
Meaning
"A celebrated heroine of Irish legend"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Antiquity

A name that means "a celebrated heroine of irish legend".

Emer was the wife of the hero Cú Chulainn, praised in legend for her six gifts, including beauty and wisdom.

Storied and graceful, her name belongs to one of Irelands great heroines.

A celebrated heroine of Irish legend — a name from Celtic myth.

The name in its native script.

Emer
Transliteration
Emer
Pronunciation
/ ˈeː.mɛr /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Emer stands.

Emer does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Emers before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Emer.

The number behind Emer.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Emer reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.