Almeric Forename

1,321,957th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Almeric Forename Definition:

A male name. Old German Amalricus, compound of amal ‘work’ and ricja ‘rule’; introduced into England at the Norman Conquest in the French form Americ, Emeric, and later common as Aimeri, Amaury, Amery, Emery, which gave rise to many surnames.

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Almeric Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines
100%
201:5,300,47490,157
United States-81:45,317,122288,724
South Africa
100%
71:7,790,378138,656
United States Virgin Islands-41:27,4372,836
England
100%
31:18,534,307106,915
Singapore-31:2,095,68522,815
Benin-21:5,287,92261,990
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
Brazil
100%
11:214,236,154864,335
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Grenada
100%
11:108,1254,208
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
India
100%
11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235

Almeric (10) may also be a surname.

Almeric Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. Old German Amalricus, compound of amal ‘work’ and ricja ‘rule’; introduced into England at the Norman Conquest in the French form Americ, Emeric, and later common as Aimeri, Amaury, Amery, Emery, which gave rise to many surnames. Almeric is a modern back-formation from Almericus, a latinization of the German by-form Almeric, Almerich. The first example noted is in the will of Lord Kinsale, 1699, which is signed Almerick de Courcy. Amery or Emery was also used as a woman’s name, and C. W. Bardsley, Dictionary of English and WelshSurnames (pub. 1901) gives examples of it from the 13th to 18th C, his latest example (Emery) being 1785.

Amalricus Domesday Book 1086. Amauri, Amaury Curia Regis Rolls 1189-1205, 1213-15. Emery Curia Regis Rolls 1201. Americus Hundred Rolls 1273.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

ALMERICK. In Teutonic, literally a ‘work-ruler’ (Amalrich, whence—by transposition—our word, which is, basically, the same as America, itself from the adventurer Amerigo Vespucci). ‘A very common name amongst the English nobility during the Middle Ages,’ remarks Helena Swan; it is not unknown among the hard-working English ruling-classes.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

Teutonic (masculine) - Great and noble.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

A Teutonic name, meaning: Princely ruler.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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