Emmy is a feminine (sometimes also masculine) given name.
Orthographic variants include Emme, Emmi and Emmie.
The name is in many instances a hypocoristic of either Emma (itself being in origin a hypocoristic of a number of ancient Germanic names beginning in Ermen-) or Emily, or Emmanuel (Emmanuelle).
It came to be used as a separate (rare) German name, given officially in Germany from the later 19th century.
As an officially given feminine name, Emmy ranked 66th in Sweden and 89th in France as of 2010.
Emmy is rarely also encountered as a surname.
Notable people with the name include:
Emmy Ahlstedt (born 1981), Swedish politician
Emmy Andriesse (1914–1953), Dutch photographer
Emmie Charayron (born 1990), French triathlete
Emmy Fecteau (born 1999), Canadian ice hockey player
Emmy Krüger (1886-1976), German operatic soprano
Emmy Loose (1914-1987), Austrian operatic soprano
Emmie te Nijenhuis (born 1931), Dutch ethnomusicologist
Emmy Noether (1882–1935), Bavarian Jewish mathematician
Emmy Okello (born 1977), Ugandan consultant physician
Emmie Owen (1871-1905), English opera singer and actress
Emmy Stradal (1877–1925), Austrian politician
Emmy Mercedes Todtmann (1888–1973), German glacial geologist
Emmy Verhey (born 1949), Dutch violinist
Emmy von Egidy (1872- 1946 in Weimar), German sculptor and writer.
Emmy Wehlen (1887–1977), German actress
Emmy Werner (1929–2017), American developmental psychologist
As a familiar form of Emma
Emmy Bridgwater (1906–1999, born Emma Frith Bridgwater), English artist and poet
Emmy Göring (1893-1973, born Emma Johanna Henny Sonnemann), German actress
Emmy Hennings (1885–1948, born Emma Maria Cordsen), German performer and poet
As a familiar form of Emilie
Emmy Destinn (1878–1930, born Emílie Pavlína Věnceslava Kittlová), Czech operatic soprano
As a familiar form of Emmanuel/Emmanuelle
Emmy Bezzina (born 1945), male Maltese politician
Emmy Rossum (born 1986 as Emmanuelle Grey Rossum), American actress
Fictional characters
Emmy Altava, the character from the Professor Layton series
Granny (Looney Tunes), the Looney Tunes character nicknamed Emmy in Hare Trimmed
Emmy, the main character from the PBS animated preschool television series Dragon Tales