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

1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
2. 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

• Amelia
• Emery
• Emory
• Amalric

Translations

male given name

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

Anagrams

• Mayor, Moray, Raymo, mayor, moray