Emeric
/ˈɛmərɪk/noun
A masculine given name derived from a Germanic name meaning powerful through work or labor.
Did you know?Saint Emeric, or Imre, was an 11th-century Hungarian prince and the son of King Stephen I; he was canonized in 1083 after dying in a hunting accident.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
Germanic
*Amal-rīkijaz
“A personal name combining amal, ‘work’ or ‘vigor,’ with rīkijaz, ‘powerful’ or ‘ruler.’”
8th–11th Century
Old High German
Amalrīh
“A Germanic compound name meaning approximately ‘power through labor’ or ‘mighty in work.’”
Medieval Latin
Latin
Emericus
“Latinized form of the Germanic personal name, used in ecclesiastical and historical records.”
11th Century
Hungarian
Imre
“Hungarian form of the name, especially associated with Saint Emeric, son of King Stephen I.”
13th–15th Century
Old French
Aimeric
“A French form of the same Germanic name family, also appearing in medieval personal names.”
Modern English
English
Emeric
“An established masculine given name descended through medieval Germanic and Romance forms.”