Emmett

Emmett is an English surname rooted in the medieval Emma, from the Germanic ermen meaning "whole" or "universal." It carries a particular American weight through Emmett Till, whose 1955 murder helped ignite the civil rights movement, and a cozier one through the Doc Brown of Back to the Future. The name has surged in the U.S. since the mid-2000s, entering the top 200 in 2008 and climbing into the top 150 by the 2020s. Two firm syllables with a crisp double consonant at the center, EM-met, that feels both vintage and neatly modern. Emmett reads as warm, straightforward, quietly principled.