Esmeralda: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced ez-muh-RAHL-duh · 4 syllables

Esmeralda means “emerald”, from Spanish.

From Spanish esmeralda (“emerald”), as first used in the novel Notre-Dame de Paris (1831) by Victor Hugo.

How popular is Esmeralda?

Esmeralda was the #373 name in the US in 2025, given to 823 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2000.

Babies named Esmeralda in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2000).

Half of US adults named Esmeralda are older than 28; most are between 19 and 61. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

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Esmeralda means “emerald”. It comes from Spanish.

Esmeralda is pronounced ez-muh-RAHL-duh.

Esmeralda was the #373 name in the US in 2025, given to 823 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2000.

Half of US adults named Esmeralda are older than 28. Most are between 19 and 61.