Emery
Also spelled: Emory, Amery, Amory
Usually a girl's name
- Meaning
- Medieval Germanic: Amalric ('vigor' + 'ruler') or Heimrich ('home' + 'ruler') Well attested
Not from the hard mineral emery, though its recent use for girls is sometimes linked with it.
- Origin
- Germanic, through Norman French
- Popularity
US 2025: #74 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #1197
Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
This name's meaning doesn't link to one of the five elements, so it isn't matched to a chart here.