Emma....this name poses a dilemma...

[Chickenharissa]

Hi,

Is it just me or is Emma making a comeback?

I am a child of the 80s and I was sick of the overused Emma, it never gave me “classic” vibes.

However all of a sudden now I’m falling in love with Emma. I don’t know if it’s the pregnancy hormones? Or the recent movie release of Jane Austen’s “Emma”. However now I see it through classic and traditional tinted glasses. As well as it being associated with the elegant Emma Watson....

Amelia is so overused now, and Emily is classic but is so cute, that Emma seems so....understated and simply classic.
Is Emma making a comeback? Or is it dated and are my hormones playing up?

It's a great name, but very overused, it's my mums name who was born late 70's, I much prefer Emilie/emily, one of the top on my lists

If this one is a girl she'll either be Emma or Sarah

Emma is lovely

My best friend is an Emma and I think it's a beautiful name.
Love Emmie as a nn too

Emma is one of those names you can't put a date on. Not the most popular, but no bad connotations.

(One of my DDs has name which MN declares I'll be '3 in every class' and one with mixed reviews from classic/timeless through to 'very dated'. The first one has never had another in her school let alone class until recently when she moved schools. The second one gets lots of comments on her beautiful name.)

My mother is in her late 80s and says that to her, Emma is a name for old ladies (ie old ladies when she was a child, so born in maybe the 1870s). And she feels the same about the names Amy and Amelia and Charlotte.

It really tickled me when she told me that, thought it was a great example of how we view names through the lens of our own generation.

I think Emma is a lovely name, a timeless classic. I don't associate it with any particular era either.

It's my middle name! It's lovely...I do like Emily though!

I also like Clara, Esme and Elodie!

To me it's in the same set as Stacey and Kirstie. Very 80s. Alot of Emma's in my class in school

I know a 2 year old Emma, a 12 year old Emma, a 39 year old Emma and my Great Grandma was Emma, so I would say it's a pretty timeless name.

I find it a bit dull. Prefer Emily.

Boring.

I'm not keen on Emma or Emily, they do seem dated to me.
Emilia is nice though overused
I like Emmeline.

I know 2 Emmas who are somewhere in the range of 19-22
It’s a bit bland for me sorry

Emma is beautiful and timeless in the same way as Anna or Kate. Nothing dated about it. I think people are thinking about Gemma if they say that!

Emma - a nice name.