Esmeralda

Where Esmeralda comes from

From Spanish esmeralda (“emerald”), as first used in the novel Notre-Dame de Paris (1831) by Victor Hugo.
— Wiktionary's entry for Esmeralda
  • Spanish
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1911
    First appearance
    #2,463 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1937
    Esmeralda Mallada born
    Uruguayan astronomer and professor
  3. 1988
    Esmeralda Pimentel born
    American Mexican actress and model
  4. 1998
    Peak, #133
    2,477 babies named Esmeralda — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2009
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #299.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Spanish.
Namesakes
  • Esmeralda Pimentel · American Mexican actress and model, born 1988
  • Esmeralda Mallada · Uruguayan astronomer and professor, 1937–2023
  • Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia · Brazilian sprinter, long and triple jumper, born 1959
  • Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid · Colombian politician, suffragist, 1921–1997
  • Esmeralda Ruspoli · Italian actress, 1928–1988

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.