Emery

See also: emery

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Etymology

From medieval Germanic personal names, either a variant of Amory, from Amalric, Proto-Germanic *amal (vigor, bravery) (compare *ammōną) + Old High German rīhhi (ruler), or of Henry, from Old High German Heimrich, from heim (home) + rīhhi (ruler).

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Emery

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.
  2. A male given name from the Germanic languages, today often transferred back from the surname.
  3. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 2000s usage, also associated with the mineral emery.
  4. A city in South Dakota.
  5. A town in Utah.
  6. A town in Wisconsin.

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