🪹️ Empty nest emoji

The empty nest emoji represents a bird nest without occupants, symbolizing emptiness, potential, waiting, or life transitions like children leaving home. This emoji is used in discussions about empty nest syndrome, new beginnings, potential for growth, or expressing feelings of emptiness or anticipation.

Empty nests represent both endings and beginnings - the completion of one life cycle and the potential for new life. They symbolize transition periods, waiting, and the natural cycles of family life and growth.

Common in discussions about parenting transitions, empty nest syndrome, new life potential, and when expressing themes of waiting, anticipation, and life cycle transitions.

Could also be called Bird nest, vacant nest, family transition or parental milestone emoji.

Other meanings

Empty nest syndrome, life transitions, parenting, potential, waiting, family cycles, new beginnings, anticipation

Example Usage

Empty nest syndrome 🪹 kids have grown up and moved out

Related emoji

Bird nests emojis

• 🪺️ Nest with eggs

Visual description

A brown bird nest made of twigs and materials, shown empty without eggs or birds, representing the natural structure prepared for life.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.