From an English surname meaning "son of Emery ". The surname was borne by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), an American writer and philosopher who wrote about transcendentalism. Emerson originates in Germanic languages and means "home power". It was derived from an old English surname and as a surname it functions until today, the famous bearer being Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American transcendentalist writer. Formerly, Emerson was more popular as a masculine given name, recently it gained popularity as a feminine given name as well.
Emerson Related Names Variant: Emmerson
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