EMMA - What names could Emma be a nickname for?

[dobfarm]

Though its not the exact Subject matter  -its worth a mention. My mother was called Emma and it was going to be my nieces (Mum Emma's grand-daughter)  first daughter's name to be called Emma but a slight problem arose as my niece had all boys---so one boy was called Em(ma)erson and to keep things tidy she called the other 2 boys Ayrton & Mika after racing drivers

The racing drivers were

Emerson Fittipaldi
Ayrton Senna
Mika Häkkinen

[Viktoria]

Emma itself,
Emmaline /Emmiline as in Pankhurst
Emily
Emelda.


Viktoria.

[Kate-Birchtree]

Thanks everybody for your ideas!

It's a great idea to look for Emma as a middle name! Honestly, it baffles me that I didn't think of searching for Emma as a middle name - it's probably the only search combination I didn't try (after 486 obscure attempts!  )

I'll post about the specific person in a new thread and will link here soon - I think I'm at the point where I'll need to admit defeat and send for proper help! 

[susano]

I recently came across a Jemima in a Census who was referred to as Emma elsewhere.

Good luck with your search.

Susan

[DianaCanada]

I have a Naomi who was married as Amy - a nickname or just recorded incorrectly?
Emma of course is a very old name, think it originated in Medieval France and made its way across the Channel.

[greyingrey]

just on the off chance....she may have come from Germany and. have. been a Marie or Maria and tried to spell her name ....the. first two. letters would have sounded like m..aah...and that could have been enough.

ive got a case like this, where the real name was Edith and in German this sounds like ay d...and this. was registered as ada in the first couple of English records.

if she was connected to. German immigrants at this time, they dominated English sugar bakery...ie cake and. biscuit bakers

[annieoburns]

I had ancestor with name Anne Mackintosh and in marriage cert (London 1835) was written in brackets  'Henney' and this later was recorded as Emmi in census entries.  We suspect the Mackintosh was Scottish background where Henney was a common petname or so said my mother.

[DianaCanada]

I had ancestor with name Anne Mackintosh and in marriage cert (London 1835) was written in brackets  'Henney' and this later was recorded as Emmi in census entries.  We suspect the Mackintosh was Scottish background where Henney was a common petname or so said my mother.

"Hen" was often used as a pet name for any woman, as it also refers to a female chicken, and then made into Henny and likely Honey came out of that too, for women who did not want to be referred to as poultry!

[annieoburns]

Thanks for that - so nothing 'Scottish' about it .  And similar to calling a child 'chicken'.....