Emery

See also: emery

English

Alternative forms

• Amory
• Emory

Etymology

From medieval Germanic personal names, either a variant of Amory, from Amalric, Proto-Germanic *amal (“vigor, bravery”) (compare *ammōną) + Old High German rīhhi (“ruler”), or of Henry, from Old High German Heimrich, from heim (“home”) + rīhhi (“ruler”).

Proper noun

Emery

1. A surname transferred from the given name.
2. A male given name from the Germanic languages, today often transferred back from the surname.
3. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 2000s usage, also associated with the mineral emery.
4. A city in South Dakota.
5. A town in Utah.
6. A town in Wisconsin.

Derived terms

• Emerson
• Emery County
• Emery Down
• Emery's rule

Related terms

• Amalaric
• Amalia
• Amalric
• Amelia
• America

Translations

male given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃默里 (Āimòlǐ)

• French: Émeric (fr), Aymeric (fr)
• German: Emmerich (de)
• Hungarian: Imre (hu)
• Italian: Amerigo (it) m

Anagrams

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