Brave, industrious, or meadow of the eagle
Emerlee is a modern American coinage likely formed by blending the Germanic prefix 'Em-' (meaning industrious or universal) with the English suffix '-lee' (meaning meadow). It may also be interpreted as a phonetic variant of Emberly or a creative spelling of the name Emerly, which relates to the name Kimberly or the Irish name Emer.
Less common today
Emerlee isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #5,536 in 2025.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
