Amory

German
"industrious"

Amory Origin and Meaning

The name Amory is a boy's name of German origin meaning "industrious".

Amory is the kind of executive-sounding surname name that became popular in the 1990s. Amory Blaine is the protagonist of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, This Side of Paradise.

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Amory Popularity

Famous People Named Amory

  • Amory HoughtonAmerican diplomat and businessman
  • Amory "Amo" HoughtonJr. American politician and businessman; son of the above
  • Amory Bloch LovinsAmerican physicist
  • Amory Dwight MayoAmerican Universalist clergyman
  • Amory Nelson HardyAmerican photographer
  • Jack Daniel "Amory" KaneAmerican,British musician
  • Amory Tristan Ritchson (b. 2015)son of Alan Ritchson

Amory in Pop Culture

  • Amory Blainemain character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "This Side of Paradise"
  • Sirius Amorya character in the "Amory Wars" series by Coheed and Cambria