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Emmett is a unisex given name primarily used for males, and is also used as a surname. It may be connected to the given name Emma, or the place of Emmott, Lancashire (now known as Laneshawbridge, but still containing Emmott Hall),^[1] or it is connected to the Hebrew word אמת (emét), "Truth". It could, however, also come from the old English word for an ant, as still used in Cornwall.^{[citation needed]}

People with this name include:

Surname

• Arthur Emmett (judge), judge and lecturer in Roman law
• Chris Emmett, British actor
• Dan Emmett, American composer
• Dan W. Emmett, Californian politician
• Edward Nucella Emmett 19th-century Australian entrepreneur
• Evelyn Temple Emmett, Tasmanian
• Henry James Emmett 19th-century Tasmanian public servant
• Herbert Emmett, English footballer
• Josh Emmett, American mixed martial artist
• M. L. Emmett, poet
• Rik Emmett, musician, founding member of the Canadian rock band Triumph
• Robert Emmet, Irish Revolutionary
• Rowland Emett, English sculptor and cartoonist.
• Sean Emmett, British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
• Tom Emmett, English cricket player

Given name

• Emmett Barrett, American football player
• Emmett Dalton, member of the Dalton Gang
• William Emmett Forrest Jr, American pop culture collector
• Emmett J. Hull (1882–1957), American architect
• Emmett Kelly (1898–1979), American circus performer, who created the clown figure "Weary Willie"
• Emmett Leith, American scientist and electrical engineer
• Emmett McLoughlin, ex-priest, author of People's Padre, and housing activist in Phoenix, Arizona
• Emmett Morrison (1915–1993), American basketball player
• Emmett J. Scanlan, Irish actor who plays Brendan Brady in Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks
• Emmett Skilton, New Zealand actor
• Emmett Till, African-American youth whose lynching was a key event leading up to the American Civil Rights Movement

Fictional

• Emmett, a mailbox from the TV show The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth
• Emmett Bledsoe, a character from Switched at Birth (TV series)
• Emmet Brickowski, a character in The Lego Movie franchise
• Dr. Emmett Brown, a character in the Back to the Future franchise
• Emmett Clayton, a chess grandmaster and murderer in Columbo, season 2, episode 7, "The Most Dangerous Match"
• Emmett Cullen, a character from the Twilight series
• Emmett Graves, a protagonist from Starhawk (2012 video game)
• Emmett Honeycutt, a character in Queer as Folk (US version)
• Emmett Richmond,^{[citation needed]} a character from the film Legally Blonde
  • Emmett Forrest,^{[citation needed]} a character from the play Legally Blonde (musical)
• Emmett Yawners, a deputy for the Banshee County Sheriff's Department from Banshee (TV series)

See also

• Emmitt, given name and surname

References