Amory

Where Amory comes from

Medieval personal name from Proto-Germanic *amalą (“vigor, bravery”) + *rīks (“ruler”). For the first element, compare *ammōną (“to bother, irritate”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Amory
  • Germanic
  • Vowel-ended
Amory through the years
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #3,392 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2020
    Peak, #3,025
    38 babies named Amory, its best rank.
  3. 2022
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  4. 2025
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #7,194.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, today often transferred back from the surname.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.