Entry № 2957 · 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.

A celebrated heroine of Irish legend — a Celtic name.

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.