Emma
It became popular in the United States later in the 20th century, reaching the top 100 names for girls in
the late 1990s and rising to third place on the popularity chart in 2007. It was the most popular name
for girls in the United States in 2008, but fell back to second place in 2009.
Emma of Normandy
Emma (985 6 March 1052 in Winchester, Hampshire), was a daughter of Richard the Fearless, Duke
of Normandy, by his second wife Gunnora. She was Queen consort of England by successive
marriages: first as second wife to Æthelred the Unready of England; and then second wife to Cnut the
Great of Denmark. She acted as regent in Wessex in 1040. Two of her sons, one by each husband,
and two stepsons, also by each husband, became kings of England, as did her great-nephew, William
the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy.
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