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 [ 3 syll. e-me-ry, em-ery ] The boy name Emery is pronounced EHMeriy KEY. 1: Emery is of Germanic origin and it is used mainly in English. Two-element name derived from amal which means 'work' ; ric which means 'rich, powerful, ruler'. Emery was a Norman form of Amalric introduced to England in the 11th century. It was used irregularly in the medieval period and gave rise to the surname Emery, which has in turn been transferred into first name use. The first name was previously used for both sexes, but after the 18th century it became an exclusively masculine name. Variant forms of Emery include Emerson (English), Emmery (English), Imre (Hungarian), Imrich (Czech), and Imrus (Hungarian). 2: Emery is of English origin. From the word emery. The first name is derived from the word 'emery' in reference to the hard grey-black mineral often used as an abrasive. Emery is a variant form (English) of Emmerich (German). Emery is an all-time favorite. Today it is still a somewhat popular baby boy name, but not as much as it was before. At the modest peak of its usage in 1913, 0.032% of baby boys were given the name Emery. It had a ranking of #305 then. The baby name has steeply declined in popularity since then, and is in recent years of only very light use. In 2008, it ranked at #744 with a usage of 0.014%. Out of the family of boy names directly linked to Emery, Emerson (English) was the most frequently used. It was more widely used than Emery by 93% in 2008. Baby names that sound like Emery include Emmery (English), Emory (English), Aimery (French), Amory (English), Emir (Turkish), Emre (Turkish), Emyr (Welsh), Enri (Irish), Ainmire, and Amer (Arabic). KEY: Pronunciation for Emery: EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
