boy's name
Amaury
ah-mo-REE
- Origin French
- Gender Boy
- Letters 6
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 22,544
France
#167
2025 births
Amaury is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "work-ruler," and two crusader kings of Jerusalem carried it. It ranks 167th in France and is stable in our data, with records going back to 1900.
- Amaury is a name of French origin.
- Peaked in France in 2010, when 775 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 1,734 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1900.
Amaury over time
Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 50 |
| 1910s | 40 |
| 1920s | 70 |
| 1930s | 50 |
| 1940s | 65 |
| 1950s | 80 |
| 1960s | 245 |
| 1970s | 1,045 |
| 1980s | 2,825 |
| 1990s | 4,205 |
| 2000s | 4,725 |
| 2010s | 5,430 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 2,205 |
What Amaury means
Amaury means ruler of work, or ruler of the Amals. The first element is generally taken as amal, meaning work or effort, and the second as ric, power — so the compound describes authority over labor or over a people.
Where Amaury comes from
Amaury is the French form of the Germanic Amalric, from amal — the element behind Amalia and the name of the Gothic Amal dynasty — and ric, ruler. Two kings of Jerusalem carried it: Amalric I, who invaded Egypt four times in the 1160s, and Amalric II. Its darkest bearer is Arnaud Amaury, the Cistercian abbot who led the Albigensian Crusade and to whom the line caedite eos, novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius — kill them all, God will know his own — is attributed at the sack of Béziers in 1209; the attribution comes from a chronicler writing decades later and is disputed. Amaury is also a French surname, and the Spanish Amalrico and Italian Amerigo are the same name — the latter giving America its name by way of Amerigo Vespucci.
Amaury in use
Amaury ranks 167th in France with about 340 births in 2025 and is stable in our data with a peak in 2010. Our records carry it from 1900. It is very rare elsewhere at 4,432nd in the United States and absent from the British tables, which makes it one of the more strictly French names at this rank despite its crusader history.
How popular is Amaury?
In 2025, Amaury was given to 340 babies in France, ranking #167 that year. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Amaury is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Amaury
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Amaury also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Amaury over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Amaury in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Italian
- Amerigo
Sibling names for Amaury
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Amaury — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Amaury
What does the name Amaury mean?
Amaury means "work-ruler," from the Germanic amal, work, and ric, ruler.
Is Amaury related to America?
By way of the same Germanic name — Amerigo Vespucci's name is the Italian form of it.
How do you pronounce Amaury?
ah-mo-REE, three syllables.
How popular is Amaury?
167th in France.
Is Amaury a girl's or a boy's name?
Amaury is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
Is Amaury a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Amaury currently ranks #167 in France. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.