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Emery

Emery: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“industrious ruler”
Origin
Germanic
Say it
EM-uh-ree · 3 syllables
Used for
Both (67% girls, 33% boys since 1880)

From the medieval name Emery, related to Germanic Emmerich/Amaury forms. The usual interpretation connects it with elements meaning 'work' and 'ruler' or 'power'.

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How popular is Emery?

20241,051 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Emery in 20243,499

2024 rank#70 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 188060,709

Emery is rising: use over the last five years is 2.0× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Emery

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Emerieindustrious ruler · Germanic
  • Emryhome ruler · Germanic
  • Emerihome-ruler · Germanic
  • Emoryindustrious ruler · Germanic
  • Frankiefree one · Germanic
  • Billieresolute protector · Germanic
  • Robbiebright fame · Germanic
  • Charlyfree man · Germanic

Emery questions

What does the name Emery mean?

Emery means "industrious ruler". It comes from Germanic. From the medieval name Emery, related to Germanic Emmerich/Amaury forms. The usual interpretation connects it with elements meaning 'work' and 'ruler' or 'power'.

Is Emery a boy or girl name?

Emery is used for both: about 67% of US babies named Emery since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Emery?

3,499 US babies were named Emery in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Emery?

Emery is usually pronounced EM-uh-ree.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.