Is The Name Emma from the 1800's??

Question:do you know if the name Emma originates from the 1800's??

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This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,
Emma
English: of Germanic origin, introduced to Britain by the Normans. It was the name of the mother of Edward the Confessor. It originated as a short form of the medieval versions of compound names such as Ermintrude and Irmgard, containing the element erm(en), irm(en) entire (cf. Irma). It is now sometimes used as a pet form of Emily, but this is etymologically unjustified.
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yea i do know and the answer is yes!

EMMA
Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, French, Italian, Finnish, Dutch

Pronounced: EM-a (English) [key]

Derived from Germanic ermen meaning "whole" or "universal". This name was borne by the mother of Edward the Confessor and by an 11th-century German saint. This is also the name of the central character in Jane Austen's novel 'Emma', the matchmaker Emma Woodhouse.

Emma appears in records much earlier than the 1800s, but was particularly fashionable at this time (and since).