Emerentiana

E1M3E1R1E1N1T1I1A1N1A1

proper noun

A female given name from Latin, of rare usage.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Latin, of rare usage.

    Following the ceremony, breakfast for the immediate family was served at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Denver Daily, 1107 N. Sixth. Mrs. Kermit Kiefer and Miss Emerentiana Barthelme served.

    1949 October 12, “Lois Sorum R[obert] L. Barthelme Wed at St. Augustine Church”, in Austin Daily Herald, volume LXXXVIII, number 87, Austin, Minn., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6, column 6
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    Miss Emerentiana Frith, a resident of the eastern section of Brooklyn for sixty years, died Saturday of old age at her home, 763 Marcy avenue. […] Miss Frith was born in Devonshire, England, January 5, eighty-six years ago.

    1914 December 21, “[Obituary.] Miss Emerentiana Frith.”, in The Brooklyn Daily Times, final edition, 76th year, Brooklyn, N.Y., →OCLC, page 4, column 3

    The former Margaret Burg, she was born July 23, 1875, at Caledonia, Minn., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burg. […] She is survived by eight children, Vincent, of Cedar Rapids, Adele, Ferd, Wilfred, Leo and Arnold, of Ossian, Emerentiana, of Rochester, Minn., and Quintin, of Chicago; […]

    1951 September 12, “[Dubuqueland Deaths] Mrs. Phil Barthelme”, in The Telegraph-Herald, evening edition, volume 115, number 218, Dubuque, Ia., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20, column 1

    Sister Mary Margaret (Ida), daughter of Peter and Anna Marie Schmelzer Linenberger was born in Victoria [Kansas], October 11, 1896. […] Surviving Sister Mary Margaret are two sisters, Mrs. Emerentiana Denning, Red Bluffs, California; Mrs. Philomene Norton, Park, Kansas.

    1976 May 10, “[Deaths] Sister Mary Margaret”, in The Hays Daily News, 47th year, number 155, Hays, Kan., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 5

Origin

  1. LatinĒmerentiāna
  2. EnglishEmerentiana

Learned borrowing from Latin Ēmerentiāna, feminine of Ēmerentiānus, from Ēmerentius + -ānus, from ēmereō (“to earn, merit, gain by service”). By surface analysis, Emerentia + -ana.

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Translations

Portuguese Emerenciana
  • Emerencianafemale given name
Cite this entry
APA

Emerentiana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Emerentiana

MLA

“Emerentiana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Emerentiana. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Emerentiana,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Emerentiana.

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