Amory in my family tree
English: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements amal + ric bravery, vigour + power, introduced into England by the Normans. In Old French the given name has a profusion of different forms (Amalri, Amalric, Amauri, Aumari, Aumaric, Emaurri, Haimeri, Ymeri, etc.) and several of these are reflected in variants of the surname.
Variants: Amory; Emary, Emery, Emory; Emberry, Embery, Embry, Embrey, Emburey, Embury; Emeric, Emerick; Hembrey, Hembry, Hemery; Imberie, Imbery, Imbrey, Imerie, Imery, Imray (Scotland and Northumberland).
Cognates: French: Amaury, Aymery, Emery; Maury, Méry. German: Amelrich, Embrich, Emelrich, Emmerich. Hungarian: Imre. Portuguese: Amaro. Provençal: Amalric, Amaurich.
Diminutives: German: Emmel, Emmlein. Low German: Ahmel, Ahmelmann, Ehmcke, Ehmecke.
Patronymic: English: Emerson.
Patronymics (from diminutive): Low German: Ameling, Amelung, Ahmling; Ahmels.
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