Names

Topographic name derived from Old English meaning “from the end cottage”.

Variant of Emmett.

Derived from a diminutive of the feminine given name Emma.

Variant of Emmett. This name was borne by the Irish nationalist Robert Emmet (1778-1803).

Derived from the given name Émile.

Means “son of Emery”. The surname was borne by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), an American writer and philosopher who wrote about transcendentalism.

Probably from a place name that was a derivative of Dutch els meaning “alder tree”.

From the name of a town in eastern England meaning “eel district”.

Derived from the given names Ælfwine, Æðelwine or Ealdwine.

Variant of Elwyn.