Name:
Emerson
Gender:
Girl
Origin:
Germanic
Meaning:
Emerson originates in Germanic languages and means "home power". It was derived from an old English surname and as a surname it functions until today, the famous bearer being Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American transcendentalist writer. Formerly, Emerson was more popular as a masculine given name, recently it gained popularity as a feminine given name as well.
Pronunciation:
EM-ər-sən
The Five Elements:
Earth