Emmerich
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Given Name EMMERICH
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: German, Ancient Germanic
PRONOUNCED: E-me-rikh (German)   [key]
Meaning & History
Germanic name, in which the second element is ric meaning "power". The first element may be ermen "whole, universal" (making it a relative of Ermenrich), amal "work, labour" (making it a relative of Amalric) or heim "home" (making it a relative of Henry). It is likely that several forms merged into a single name.
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OTHER LANGUAGES: Emery, Amery, Emory (English), Émeric (French), Imre, Imrus (Hungarian), Amerigo (Italian), Américo (Portuguese), Imrich (Slovak), Américo (Spanish)
Sources and References
  • Ernst Förstemann, Altdeutsches namenbuch (1900), page 953