The name Emerson

[22Elle]

So I read through an old thread about this and I was a bit sad cause I really like the name..

Would you consider it more of a girl or a boy name?

What would a boy be called for short? We can only think of 'E' or 'Sonny'

I know it's traditionally a boys name but it's been used as a girls name over the past few years.

I really liked the name Emmeline/Emalyn for a girl if it was a girl so I don't know if that's what has drawn me to it.

I know it's not everyone's cup of tea! Name suggestions that are similar would be appreciated too!

Middle name would be George

I love it. The actress Teri Hatcher named her daughter Emerson.

I’ve only encountered the name Emerson once (I think it was what Cameron Diaz’s character called her baby in ‘What to expect when you’re expecting’?) and that baby was a girl. I think it sounds more like a girls name personally!

Emerson is very clearly a boys name as it ends in 'son'. I'm all for stretching boundaries on unisex names but I don't think you can on this instance

Nonetheless, I know a boy called Emerson who gets called Emmy.

Totally a boys name. I also thought of Emerson Fittipaldi. It's not a very pleasing name to the ear.

I like Emerson. I think it's lovely.

Also to pp, Maddison is also very clearly a girls name and ends in son (but yes, I know the name was only 'invented' from the film Splash!)

Horrid.

Alison is also a girl's name ending in 'son'. It's not a rule.

It's a boy's name, as it ends in 'son'. and how are we explaining the name Alison then?

Sorry, x-posted with Mona

A boys name or surname.

RortyDogOfTheRemove
In fact, it isn't a name at all.

I think Emerson Fittipaldi may disagree with you.

It's a boy's name.

and how are we explaining the name Alison then?

It's a sensible question, but Alison is an Old French diminutive of Alice. It's Alis+on, not Ali+son.

I think if I HAD to call a baby Emerson it would have to be a boy for me, but surnamey names are not really my thing.

Emerson Lake? There was a Youtuber a few years ago who named her daughter this, and didn't realise that there was a band called Emerson, Lake & Palmer .

I have known two female Emersons and one male. I would probably assume an Emerson was a girl nowadays, but I don't think it's at Madison level yet i.e. it can still be used for a boy.

I would assume Emerson is a boy.

Where I am from, this is a perfectly legitimate name. I'm sure it will be lovely on your child, regardless of the fact that it originated as a surname People on MN can be so snobby and narrow-minded sometimes.

I love it for a boys name!

I quite like it for a boy.

I like it but I love the characters in a room with a view that have the surname Emerson

I would give it to a boy tho as plenty of pretty Emma type names for girls.