Amory
See also: amory
English
editEtymology
editMedieval personal name from Proto-Germanic *amal- (“vigor, bravery”) + *rīks (“ruler”). For the first element, compare *ammōną (“to bother, irritate”).
Proper noun
editAmory
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- 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
editTranslations
editmale given name