Last name origins & meanings:
- English and French: from a Germanic personal name, Emaurri,
composed of the elements amja ‘busy’, ‘industrious’ +
rīc ‘power’. The name was introduced into England from
France by the Normans. There has been some confusion with
Amory.
- This name is recorded in Quebec in 1674, having been taken there
from Dordogne, France.
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