Embla

Meaning

elm tree (Norse mythology; the first woman in the Norse creation myth)

Popularity, 1890–2024

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Embla has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

Names that fit alongside Embla

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