Emery
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The name Emery has three separate origins, which from an early date cannot be separate from each other, being a compound of Proto-Germanc *amal 'vigor, bravery', Old High German heim, Old Frankish *haim 'home', or Old High German ermen, Old Saxon irmin 'great, strong' + Old High German rih 'ruler'.
The name of a 6th C king of the Visigoths, a 6th C king of Galicia, a 12th C king of Jerusalem, and a 12th-13th C king of Jerusalem.
Almaurry and the like represent metasthetized forms. Variants in Haim- are either derivatives of this name with an excrescent h or contain the prototheme Old High German heim, Old Frankish *haim 'home'. In France, the popularity of the name was strengthened by its appearance as the name of a legendary hero in the chansons de geste and the Matter of France.
- Brabant
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- Latin
- ● 1312 Amelrici (gen) JeanIII p. 4,
Amelricus (nom) ibid. p. 3,
Aymericus (nom) ibid. p. 6
- England
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- Middle English
- ● 1429 Emery WillsInv LV
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ◑ 1592 Emma (gen) Tiik1977 p. 285,
Emme (gen) ibid. p. 285,
Ryke ibid. p. 285
- France
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- Latin
- ● c665 Amelrico (abl) DCEL-2 Add. IV;
c823 Amalricus (nom) irminon-vol2 13, Gaugiacum;
1029x1033 Haimericus (nom) CartStPC XII;
1047 Aimerici (gen) CartNDSaintes I;
1060 Aimerici (gen) ibid. XIX;
1064x1079 Almaricus (nom) StVdM-II 716;
1067x1086 Aimericus (nom) CartNDSaintes XIV;
1101x1129 Amalricus (nom) CartStPC XXXVI;
1107 Aimerici (gen) ibid. XVII,
Haimerici (gen) ibid. XVII;
a1114 Amaurici (gen) ibid. XXXI,
Haimericus (nom) ibid. XXXI;
1115x1149 Amauricus (nom) ibid. X;
1121 Amauricus (nom) CartNDJosaphat XI;
1127 Aimerici (gen) CartStPC III;
1130x1150 Amalricus (nom) ibid. XXVII;
1132 Aimerici (gen) clairvaux-12thc 5;
1133 Amolrici (gen) CartNDdOurscamp XXX;
1138x1162 Amalricus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 60;
c1140 Haimerico (dat) CartNDdOurscamp LXXXIII;
1146 Imarus (nom) CartNDSaintes VIII;
1147 Amalrici (gen) clairvaux-12thc 18,
Emmaurici (gen) ibid. 14;
1147x1162 Amalrici (gen) ibid. 55,
Amalrrici (gen) ibid. 55;
1153 Ymarus (nom) CartNDSaintes IX;
1158 Aimericus (nom) StVdM-II 702,
Amalricus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 33,
Amaricus (nom) ibid. 33;
c1160 Amalricus (nom) CartNDdOurscamp XVI,
Haimerici (gen) ibid. XVI;
1163 Amalricus (nom) ibid. XV;
1179 Aimericus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 178,
Amalricus (nom) ibid. 176,
Enmarricus (nom) ibid. 172,
Haimericus (nom) ibid. 177,
Haymericus (nom) ibid. 178;
1180 Haimerico (abl) CartNDdOurscamp LV;
1258 Amalricum (acc) ArrestReg-volI XXXIII, Pentecost,
Amalricus (nom) ibid. III, Pentecost,
Aymericum (acc) ibid. III, Pentecost;
1259 Almauricum (acc) ibid. V, St. Martin;
1260 Amalrico (abl) ibid. IX, Pentecost,
Amalricus (nom) ibid. IX, Pentecost,
Aymericum (acc) ibid. XII, Candlemas;
1261 Amalrico (abl) ibid. VII, BMV,
Amalricus (nom) ibid. VII, BMV,
Haymericus (nom) ibid. IX, BMV;
1273 Aimericum (acc) RegToul-13thC p. 40,
Aimericus (nom) ibid. p. 40,
Aymerici (gen) ibid. p. 22;
1274 Aimerici (gen) ibid. p. 44;
1378 Almarico (dat) hanquetvol1 439,
Almaurico (dat) ibid. 2043,
Aymerico (dat) ibid. 1686
- Old French
- ● 1296 Amauri paris1296 p. 31,
Hemeri ibid. p. 35;
1313 Emaurri Paris1313 p. 10
- Middle French
- ● 1387 Hemery beauchet-vol1 p. 15;
1392 Emery MemBret-II col. 607;
1418 Almaurry HGParis p. 382;
1421 Almaurry favier 52,
Emery ibid. 471;
1438 Amaury ibid. 396,
Emery ibid. 269
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 1142 Ermericus (nom) mairhofer XIII;
1219 Emelricus (nom) quix-vol1 73;
1401 Emerico (dat) HD1401 no. 362
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1265x1339 Ameri (gen) BBC-Berg 34;
1326 Almerico (abl) Friuli-14thC no. 441
- Spain
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- Latin
- ● 1192 Amalricus (nom) CDCB-XV MMCCVIII;
1487 Aymericus (nom) carbonell p. 10;
1491 Aymerich (nom) ibid. p. 65
- Switzerland
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- Latin
- ● 1134 Amarico (abl) CartHaut 1;
1161 Amalrico (abl) ibid. 11
Cite as: R. Le Get, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Emery". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2016/2/name/Emery.