Entry № 2998 · English origin

Emory Emory — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ EM-uh-ree /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Industrious ruler (Emory University; modern unisex)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (English)

A name that means "industrious ruler (emory university; modern unisex)".

Emory is the English form of Emmerich — from the Germanic Amalric ("industrious ruler"). Wayne Emory — male; American character. Vanessa Emory — American chef. Emory Andrews — Riverdale (The CW 2017-2023) character. Emory Health — Atlanta hospital network.

Industrious ruler (Emory University; modern unisex) — a English name.

The name in its native script.

Emory
Transliteration
Emory
Pronunciation
/ ˈɛm.ə.ri /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Emory stands.

Emory does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Emorys before her.

Real people
Emory Cohen
American actor.
born 1990
Emory Tate
American chess International Master.
1958 – 2015
In fiction
Emory University
Atlanta research university.
1836

Names connected to Emory.

The number behind Emory.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Emory reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.