Amory

Meaning of Amory

Amory is a quietly cosmopolitan choice, a unisex echo of medieval French Amaury distilled from the Germanic Amal-ric, “industrious ruler”—a job title that, one imagines, few toddlers list on their résumés. Over the past century it has hovered, much like a nightingale on a Persian garden wall, at the fringes of the U.S. Top 1000, averaging only a few dozen births a year—scarce enough for individuality yet familiar enough to elude raised eyebrows. Literary types may hear the name in Fitzgerald’s Amory Blaine, while energy aficionados might think of the analytical Amory Lovins, each adding a modern gloss to its antique roots. Pronounced AM-uh-ree, it glides with the ease of a desert breeze, sharing phonetic territory with “Emery” but carrying a more debonair lilt. Persian speakers note a verbal nod to amr, “command,” lending the name a saffron-scented hint of authority without slipping into ostentation. For parents who like their names balanced between classic and current—neither grand bazaar nor empty plain—Amory offers a shaded caravanserai where tradition and modernity quietly trade stories.

Pronunciation

English

• Pronunced as AM-uh-ree (/ˈæməri/)

• Emory
• Emery
• Avery
• Amira
• Amara
• Amari
• Amaris