Emmit

Where Emmit comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Emmit.

Emmit through the years
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1886
    Peak, #470
    15 babies named Emmit, its best rank.
  3. 1887
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1959
    Emmit King born
    American athletics competitor
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Emmit King · American athletics competitor, 1959–2021

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.