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Dictionary of
Family Names
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Origin and Etymology of the Surname AMERY,
AMARY, AMORY, AMERSON.
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From
A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W. E. Bardsley,
A. Bardsley, 1901, and,
An Etymological
Dictionary of Family and Christian Names, by William Arthur, M. A.,
1857.
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AMERY, AMARY, AMORY,
AMERSON. Bardsley
has: A baptismal name meaning "the son of Amery" or "Emery,"
q.v.; common to both sexes. Other variants were Americ, Almeric,
and Almaric. It was decidedly popular. In the
Italian dress of Amerigo it gave title to the great western
continent. The United States has restored the feminine form in
America, not an uncommon font-name for girls. I see in the Boston
Directory, "America Anderson, widow." However strangely
this may read, it was a common girl's name six centuries ago. Arthur
has: (German)
Always rich, able, and powerful, from the old German Emerich or Immer-reich,
always rich.
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C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
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