Emich or Emicho is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It is a reduced form of Emmerich. Similar names include Emrich, Emch, Emig, Amick, Emick.[ Emich Name Meaning: Dictionary of American Family Names as cited by ancestry.com]
Notable people with the name include:
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Emicho, also known as Emich of Flonheim, German count and crusader, leader of the Rhineland massacres of Jews in 1096
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Emicho I, Count of Nassau-Hadamar (died 1334), also known as Emich
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Emich Christian of Leiningen-Dagsburg (1642–1702), Count of Leiningen and Dagsburg and Lord of Broich, Oberstein and Bürgel
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Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen (1763–1814)
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Emich, Prince of Leiningen (1866–1939)
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Emich Kyrill, Prince of Leiningen (1926–1991)
See also
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Emichones, early medieval noble family in which the name was common
