Amory

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Etymology

Medieval personal name from Proto-Germanic *amal- (vigor, bravery) + *rīks (ruler). For the first element, compare *ammōną (to bother, irritate).

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Amory

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. 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.

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