Imre - Meaning of Imre

What does Imre mean?

[ 2 syll. i-mre, im-re ] The baby boy name Imre is pronounced IY-MReh- †. Imre is of Germanic origin and it is predominantly used in the Hungarian language. It is a two-element name derived from amal meaning 'work' ; ric 'rich, powerful, ruler'. The name has also been used as an equivalent of Henry. It was borne by the 12th-century Saint Imre or Emeric of Hungary.

Imre is a Hungarian form of the English Emery.

Imre is also a Hungarian form of the German Emmerich.

Imre is also a Hungarian form of the English Henry.

Imre has 12 forms. Forms include Imrae, Imrai, Imray, Imraye, Imrea, Imree, Imrey, Imri, Imric, Imrie, and Imry. A foreign variant is the diminutive form Imrus (Hungarian).

See also the related categories, ruler (king), rich (gold), powerful, equivalent, germanic (german), and hungarian.

Imre is an infrequently used baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. In 2018, within the group of boy names directly linked to Imre, Henry was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Imre include Imrae, Imrai, Imray, Imraye, Imrey, Imri, Imrie, Imry, Inar, Inir, Einor, Einur, Einyr, Emir, Enor, Ymir, Imari, Imree, Emeree, and Emerey.

† English pronunciation for Imre: IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)"



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