Emery

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A male given name from Germanic languages, today often transferred back from the surname.
• A female given name from surnames, also associated with the mineral emery.
• city South Dakota (state).
• town Utah (state).
• town Wisconsin (state).

Origin

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