Save Type Surname (from given name) Usage English Pronounced Pron. /ˈɛm.əɹ.sən/(American English) /ˈɛm.ə.sən/(British English) [key·simplify] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Means "son of Emery". The surname was borne by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), an American writer and philosopher who wrote about transcendentalism. Related NamesDetails Other Languages & CulturesAmerighi(Italian) Given Name DescendantsEmerson, Emersyn, Emmerson(English) Categories accordionists, album titles, banjo players, bluegrass musicians, Emergency characters, ends in -son, keyboardists, poets, The Nanny characters, vaudevillians
