| Title | Character | Description |
| Emma | Miss Clara Partridge | (Mrs Jeffereys), friend of Augusta Hawkins Elton |
| Emma | Mr. Perry | Apothecary at Highbury. And Mrs Perry and the little Perrys |
| Emma | Mr. Wingfield | Apothecary to the John Knightley's |
| Emma | Mrs. Wallis | Bakes apples for Miss Bates |
| Emma | Mr. John Knightley | Brother of George Knightley. m. Isabella Woodhouse |
| Emma | Master George Knightley | Child of Isabella Woodhouse and John Knightley |
| Emma | Master Henry Knightley | Child of Isabella Woodhouse and John Knightley |
| Emma | Master John Knightley | Child of Isabella Woodhouse and John Knightley |
| Emma | Miss. Bella Knightley | Child of Isabella Woodhouse and John Knightley |
| Emma | Miss. Emma Knightley | Child of Isabella Woodhouse and John Knightley |
| Emma | Mr. Bragge | Cousin of Mr Suckling |
| Emma | Mrs. Bragge | Cousin of Mr Suckling |
| Emma | Miss. Jane Fairfax | Daughter of Lieut. Fairfax and Jane Bates Fairfax. Niece of Miss Hetty Bates. |
| Emma | Miss. Jane Bates | Daughter of Rev Mr Bates and Mrs Bates, sister to Miss Hetty Bates |
| Emma | Miss. Hetty Bates | Daughter of Rev Mr Bates and Mrs Bates, sister to Miss Jane Bates (m. Lieut. Fairfax), aunt to Jane Fairfax |
| Emma | Miss. Anna Weston | Daughter of the Westons |
| Emma | Braithwaite | Family - friends of Mr and Mrs Churchill |
| Emma | Rev. Mr. Bates | Father to Miss Jane Bates m. Lieut. Fairfax, and Miss Hetty Bates |
| Emma | Old John Abdy | For 27 years clerk to the late Rev Mr Bates |
| Emma | Mrs. Bird | Friend of Augusta Elton (nee Hawkins) |
| Emma | Mrs. Brown | Friend of Augusta Elton Hawkins |
| Emma | Mr. Green | Friend of Augusta Hawkins Elton at Bath |
| Emma | Mr. Graham | Friend of Mr John Knightley |
| Emma | Colonel Campbell | Friend/patron of Jane Fairfax |
| Emma | Mrs. Campbell | Friend/patron of Jane Fairfax. Daughter, Miss Campbell, married Mr Dixon |
| Emma | Anne Taylor | Governess to Emma, m. Mr. Weston |
| Emma | John Saunders | Handyman or optometrist? at Highbury (Miss Bates considers taking her mother's spectacles to him to fix) |
| Emma | James | Hartfield coachman |
| Emma | Serle | Hartfield cook |
| Emma | Mr. Henry Woodhouse | Hartfield, Highbury. Daughter Isabella m. John Knightley. Daughter Emma m. George Knightley |
| Emma | Miss. Nash | Head teacher at Mrs Goddard's school |
| Emma | Mr. George Knightley | Hero, marries Emma Woodhouse |
| Emma | Miss. Emma Woodhouse | Heroine, marries George Knightley |
| Emma | Miss Caroline Otway | Highbury resident |
| Emma | Mr. Arthur Otway | Highbury resident |
| Emma | Mr. George Otway | Highbury resident |
| Emma | Mr. and Mrs. Cole | Highbury residents |
| Emma | Mr. and Mrs. Otway | Highbury residents |
| Emma | Mrs. Ford | Highbury shopkeeper |
| Emma | Mrs. Hodges | Housekeeper at Donwell Abbey |
| Emma | Wright | Housekeeper at the vicarage |
| Emma | William Larkins | Manager/overseer Donwell Abbey |
| Emma | Lieutenant Fairfax | Married Jane Bates |
| Emma | Miss. Augusta Hawkins | Marries Mr Elton, sister to Selina |
| Emma | Miss. Selina Hawkins | Marries Mr Suckling, sister to Augusta |
| Emma | Miss. Churchill | Mr Churchill's sister. Married Captain Weston and had son Frank Weston Churchill |
| Emma | Mr. Suckling | Of Maple Grove, near Bristol; m. Selina Hawkins |
| Emma | Mrs. Goddard | Owner of school for girls in Highbury |
| Emma | Miss. Bickerton | Parlour border at Mrs Goddard's school |
| Emma | Tom | Servant (at Randalls?) |
| Emma | Harry | Servant at Donwell Abbey |
| Emma | Hannah | Servant at Randalls, daughter of James the Hartfield coachman |
| Emma | Patty | Servant to Mrs and Miss Bates |
| Emma | Frank Churchill | Son of Captain Weston and Miss Churchill, adopted by Mr and Mrs Churchill of Enscombe |
| Emma | John Abdy | Son of Old John, ostler and head man at the Crown |
| Emma | Mrs. Stokes | The Crown Inn at Highbury |
| Emma | Miss. Harriet Smith | The natural daughter of somebody; m. Robert Martin |
| Emma | Rev. Mr. Philip Elton | Vicar of Highbury, marries Miss Augusta Hawkins |
| Emma | Mrs. Bates | Widow of Rev Mr Bates, mother to Miss Jane Bates m. Lieut. Fairfax, and Miss Hetty Bates. |
| Emma | Mrs. James Cooper | friend of Augusta Hawkins Elton |
| Emma | Mrs. Partridge | friend of Augusta Hawkins Elton |
| Emma | Mrs. Smallridge | friend of Sucklings and Bragges, offered Jane Fairfax a governess position |
| Emma | Mr. William Coxe | lawyer; a second young Coxe, the two Miss Coxes; Miss Anne Coxe (note: variously COX) |
| Emma | Miss. Campbell | married Mr Dixon |
| Emma | Mrs. Martin | of Abbey-Mill-Farm. Son, Robert. Daughters, Elizabeth and one other. |
| Emma | Mr. Dixon | of Balycraig, Ireland, m. Miss Campbell |
| Emma | Mr. and Mrs. Churchill | of Enscombe in Yorkshire, fostered Frank Weston Churchill |
| Emma | Captain (Mr.) Weston | of Randalls near Hartfield. m. 1) Miss Churchill of Enscombe (son Frank C. Weston Churchill), 2) Miss Anna ( |
| Emma | Farmer Mitchell | provides Mr Weston with umbrellas |
| Emma | Mr. Richard Hughes | resident of Highbury |
| Emma | Dr. and Mrs. Hughes | residents of Highbury |
| Emma | Mrs. Jeffereys | see Partridge |
| Emma | Miss. Prince | teacher at Mrs Goddard's school |
| Emma | Miss. Richardson | teacher at Mrs Goddard's school |
| Emma | Tupman | the Tupman - upstarts who settled near the Suckling home of Maple Grove |
| Emma | Misses. Abbot | the two Abbots (first names unknown), students at Mrs Goddard's school |
| Emma | Gilbert | the two Gilberts (?Mrs and Miss), Highbury residents |
| Emma | Milman | the two Milmans - friends of Augusta Hawkins Elton |