Emma written in the Greek script, with pronunciation, a letter-by-letter breakdown, and the story behind the name.
Each Greek letter below maps to part of the name.
Emma comes from the Germanic word ermen, meaning "whole" or "universal." It began as a short form of names like Ermentrude and became a standalone name across Europe, ranking among the most popular girls' names in the world for the past two decades.
Emma is used in Greece as a given name in its own right, so Έμμα reads naturally to Greek speakers. The tonos over the epsilon is not optional decoration — Greek spelling rules require a stress mark on every word of more than one syllable, and leaving it off makes the name look misspelled.
Emma is written Έμμα in Greek: epsilon with a tonos (Έ), two mus (μμ), and an alpha (α). The double m is preserved because Greek keeps doubled consonants in borrowed names. Click the copy button at the top of this page to copy Έμμα ready to paste anywhere.
Almost exactly like English: EH-mah, with the stress on the first syllable — that is what the accent mark over the Έ indicates. Greek alpha is a clean, open ah sound, so the ending is slightly more open than the English schwa.
Yes. While it is not of Greek origin — it comes from a Germanic root meaning "whole" — Emma is given to girls in Greece today, and Έμμα is the standard Greek spelling you would see on documents and social media profiles.