Entry № 2951 · Greek origin

Emerald Emerald — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ EM-er-ald /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"A green gemstone"

Syllables

First recorded

Traditional

The meaning

A name that means "a green gemstone".

Emerald is the brilliant green gem and Mays birthstone, treasured since the days of the pharaohs.

Vivid and precious, it makes a rich, jewel-bright name.

A green gemstone — a Greek name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Emerald

Transliteration: Emerald
Pronunciation: / ˈe.me.ɾald /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Emerald stands.

Emerald 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.

Namesakes

Emeralds before her.

Real people

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In fiction

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Names connected to Emerald.

Numerology

The number behind Emerald.

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Emerald reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.