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Meaning of the nameAmaury

Amaury is a spelling of the name Amauri, which means “from the Gothic elements amals, 'tireless, vigorous, brave', and reiks, 'ruler, king'”.

Meaning

“from the Gothic elements amals, 'tireless, vigorous, brave', and reiks, 'ruler, king'”

Meaning of the name Amauri, of which Amaury is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Amalric

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People (2022)
4,550
Rank in Brazil
#2,932
Median age
51 years
2010 Census
4,650
people

Amaury in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Amaury, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (1,081 people).

27 women 4,523 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Amaury is most common

States with the highest share of people named Amaury in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio de Janeiro 0.004%
  2. Pernambuco 0.004%
  3. Amazonas 0.004%
  4. Paraíba 0.003%
  5. Minas Gerais 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,1310.003%
Rio de Janeiro6830.004%
Minas Gerais5520.003%
Pernambuco3460.004%
Bahia2070.002%
Paraná1830.002%
Amazonas1420.004%
Maranhão1390.002%
Pará1220.002%
Goiás1190.002%
Paraíba1100.003%
Ceará990.001%
Distrito Federal870.003%
Rio Grande do Sul810.001%
Santa Catarina750.001%
Piauí670.002%
Mato Grosso660.002%
Alagoas570.002%
Rio Grande do Norte550.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul520.002%
Espírito Santo430.001%
Tocantins420.003%
Sergipe290.001%
Rondônia260.002%
Amapá190.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Amaury

It keeps the final Y of the French spelling; Wiktionary records it in Portuguese as a borrowing from French.

About the name Amauri

Wiktionary records Amauri as an alternative form of Amaury, a borrowing from French that, in the French entry, goes back to Proto-Germanic Amalarīks; in Portuguese, Amalarico and Amalrico are sister forms of the same name. Behind the Name gives Amaury as the French form of Amalric, from the Visigothic name Amalareiks, formed from the Gothic element amals, 'tireless, vigorous, brave', and reiks, 'ruler, king'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 30,660 people named Amauri, with a median age of 50. Proportionally, the name is most common in Paraná.

Other spellings of Amauri

SpellingPeople (2022)
Amauri30,660
Amaury4,550

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Amalric · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Amaury · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Wiktionary: Amaury · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Amauri · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Amaury

What does the name Amaury mean?

Amaury means “from the Gothic elements amals, 'tireless, vigorous, brave', and reiks, 'ruler, king'”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Amauri, of which Amaury is a spelling.

How many people are named Amaury in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,550 people with the first name Amaury, which ranks it number 2,932 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Amaury a boy's or a girl's name?

Amaury is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 27 women and 4,523 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Amaury?

Amaury is a name of Germanic and French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Amaury most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.004% of the state's population is named Amaury (683 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Amaury?

Amauri. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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