Amory

See also: amory

English

Etymology

Medieval personal name from Proto-Germanic *amal- (“vigor, bravery”) + *rīks (“ruler”). For the first element, compare *ammōną (“to bother, irritate”).

Proper noun

Amory

A surname originating as a patronymic.
A male given name from the Germanic languages, today often transferred back from the surname.
- 1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald, chapter I, in This Side of Paradise:
  Amory Blaine inherited from his mother every trait, except the stray inexpressible few, that made him worth while.

Related terms

Translations

male given name

Armenian: Ամորի (Amori)
Catalan: Amalric (ca) m
French: Amaury (fr)
German: Amalrich (de)

Anagrams

Mayor, Moray, Raymo, mayor, moray

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