girl's name
Emna
EM-nah
- Origin Arabic
- Gender Girl
- Letters 4
- Popularity Top 1000 (France)
- Births on record 6,349
France
#142
2025 births
Emna is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "safety" or "faith," and it is close to Tunisian in the markets we hold. It ranks 142nd in France and appears in no other country's tables.
- Emna is a name of Arabic origin.
- Peaked in France in 2019, when 530 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 1,572 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1976.
Emna over time
Births per decade in France, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 10 |
| 1980s | 65 |
| 1990s | 85 |
| 2000s | 530 |
| 2010s | 3,040 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 2,470 |
What Emna means
Emna means safety, security or faith, from the Arabic root amn. The same root gives amin, trustworthy, and iman, faith, so the sense runs from physical safety to religious conviction along one line of thought.
Where Emna comes from
Emna is the Tunisian pronunciation and spelling of the Arabic Amna, from the root amn, meaning safety or security — the same root behind Amina, Aminata and Iman. Amna bint Wahb, more usually written Amina, was the mother of the Prophet Muhammad. The vowel shift from Amna to Emna is characteristic of Tunisian Arabic, which is why the spelling functions almost as a nationality marker: Emna is very common in Tunisia and rare elsewhere in the Arab world, where Amna and Amina dominate. Its French standing is therefore a fairly precise measure of Tunisian migration rather than of North African migration generally, which distinguishes it from names like Assia or Ayoub that draw on the whole Maghreb.
Emna in use
Emna ranks 142nd in France with about 375 births in 2025 and is rising in our data with a peak in 2019. Our records carry it from 1976. It appears in no other market we hold at all, which for an Arabic name is unusual — most have at least a British presence — and reflects how specifically Tunisian the spelling is.
How popular is Emna?
In 2025, Emna was given to 375 babies in France, ranking #142 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Emna is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
How Emna is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Émna | Émna is a rare spelling of Emna, written with an acute accent and recorded about 10 times, mostly in France. | 10 |
| Èmna | Èmna is a rare spelling of Emna, written with a grave accent and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. | 5 |
Names that peaked alongside Emna
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Emna also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Emna over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Emna in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Emna
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Emna — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Emna
What does the name Emna mean?
Emna means "safety" or "faith," from the Arabic root amn.
Is Emna a Tunisian name?
The spelling is. Emna is the Tunisian form of Amna and is rare elsewhere in the Arab world.
Is Emna related to Amina?
Yes — all three come from the same root meaning safety and trustworthiness.
How popular is Emna?
142nd in France, and absent from every other market we hold.
Is Emna a girl's or a boy's name?
Emna is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
Is Emna a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Emna currently ranks #142 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.