Emrys

What Emrys means

Welsh, meaning “immortal, divine”

From Proto-Brythonic *Ėmrös, from Latin Ambrosius, from Ancient Greek ἀμβρόσιος (ambrósios, “immortal, divine”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Emrys” (revision 79355293), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Emrys?

US: Rising: up from #2412 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #977 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 185 boys got the name (#1140 that year). First in the US records in 1997.

How common

• About 1 in 10,879 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,833 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 6,547 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WI (0.3 per 1,000 boys), CO (0.22 per 1,000 boys), VA (0.19 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Emrys is #1260 in the US and #418 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 83.5% of US babies named Emrys were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Emris11 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Emrys

Boys

• Levi#12Editor’s note Up from #42 in 2015 to #12 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 180 US boys in the 2025 records
• Emmett#121Diminutive of Emma, meaning “entire”^*
• Henry#5Editor’s note Up from #29 in 2015 to #5 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 140 US boys in the 2025 records
• Everett#77Same root as Everard, meaning “wild boar + hard, brave”^*
• Weston#55Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #120 in 2015, #55 in 2025
• Kash#286Editor’s note Up from #382 in 2015 to #286 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

• Charlie#133Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #133 vs #747 in 2025
• Nora#20Form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”^*
• Elsie#123Diminutive of Alison, meaning “of noble kind”^*
• June#150From the word “name”^*
• Lena#279“the Large River”^*
• Aurelia#290“golden”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Emrys’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.