What does Esmeralda mean?

Esmeralda means "emerald"

How do we pronounce Esmeralda?

Esmeralda \e-sme-ral-da, es-mera-lda\ is a female's name. It consists of 9 letters and 4 syllables.

The baby girl name Esmeralda is pronounced ehZMahRAALDah (English) or ehSMehRAALDaa (Spanish) 1.

1 Pronunciation for Esmeralda: EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)"

What is the origin of Esmeralda?

Esmeralda is of English and Spanish origin, and it is used mainly in Greek, Spanish, English, German, and Italian. Spanish origin, English, German, Italian, and Spanish use: From esmeralda which means 'emerald' ; smaragdus which means 'green stone'. The first name is derived from the Spanish name of the gemstone, which is itself from the Latin smaragdus ('green stone'). Esmeralda is the nickname of the gypsy girl and love interest of the hunchbacked Quasimodo in Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831); in the novel, her nickname originated from her wearing an emerald amulet. Esmeralda is a Greek and Spanish variant transcription of meaning of Emerald (English). Esmeralda is a widely used name; it has 36 variant transcriptions that are used in both English and foreign languages. English variant transcriptions Em name variations, Emelda name popularity, name Emeralda, baby name Emerant, name Emeraude, Emmie meaning, name Es, nicknames for Esma, meaning of Esmaralda, baby name Esmarelda, Esmerald definition, nicknames for Esmeralde, name Esmeraldina, Esmeraude meaning, Esmerelda name popularity (also used in Spanish), short names for Esmerilda, Esmie name, name Esmiralda origin, name Esmirelda meaning, Ezmerald name, Ezmeralda definition, Ezmeralde name, nicknames for Ezmeraude, Ezmerelda name variations, what does the name Ezmirilda mean, Izzie meaning, and Izzy definition. Other English variants the shortening Esme definition, and the diminutive forms Emerald meaning of name, Ezzie definition, and name Lolly meaning. name Esmee origin (Dutch), Meralda name variations (Latin), and short names for Smeralda (Italian) are variant transcriptions of Esmeralda that are used in foreign languages. The diminutive forms Esmé definition (French) and Lala name variations (Czech) are other foreign variants. Esmeralda is popular as a baby name for girls. The name's popularity grew from the 1950s up to the 1990s. At the modest peak of its usage in 1998, 0.128% of baby girls were named Esmeralda. It ranked at #134 then. The baby name has since experienced a drop in popularity. In 2010, it ranked at #283 with a usage of 0.060%, but it was nevertheless the most popular out of all girl names in its group. 6 times more girls were named Esmeralda than the subsequent ranked name, name Esme meaning, in 2010.

List of baby names that sound like Esmeralda:

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The baby name Esmeralda fun facts:

The name Esmeralda in reverse order is "Adlaremse".

The numerological value of the name Esmeralda is number 6, which means responsibility, protection, nurturing, community, balance, sympathy.

How popular is Esmeralda?

Esmeralda is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.05%
20130.04%
20120.05%
20110.05%
20100.07%
20090.06%
20080.07%
20070.09%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames