Fun Facts About the Name Amerie
- More than 2 thousand babies named Amerie: U.S. records list 2,648 babies given the name Amerie from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Amerie Mean?
Amerie is an English feminine given name, usually explained as a feminine form of Amery or Emery. Those are English surnames taken from the Old French personal name Amauri, which descends from the Germanic Amalric (also recorded as Emmerich). That Germanic name joins amal, commonly glossed "brave" or "vigorous" and sometimes "work," to rīc, "ruler" or "power." The conventional meaning is therefore something like "brave ruler," though the sense of the first element is not settled.
The same Germanic stock also produced the Italian Amerigo, the name of the explorer Amerigo Vespucci, and some accounts treat the two lines as one; other accounts derive Amerigo instead from Haimirich, the ancestor of Henry. Because these explanations overlap and neither is firmly documented for the spelling Amerie itself, the name's exact etymology is uncertain. The -ie ending is a common English feminine ending, as in Carrie and Katie.
Amerie Name History & Origins
Amerie belongs to the large English pattern of turning surnames into given names and adding the feminine -ie ending. The surname behind it, Amery or Emery, was established in England after the Norman Conquest, carried there by the Old French given name Amauri. The family name was also used as a masculine given name in England, alongside the related forms Amory and Emery.
The Germanic name from which those forms descend had a longer earlier history on the Continent. It appears in the sixth century as the Gothic Amalaric, borne by a Visigothic king, and in medieval Latin as Amalricus, used by nobles including Amalric of Jerusalem in the twelfth century. These older masculine forms lie behind the modern English family of names rather than behind Amerie directly.
As a feminine given name spelled Amerie, the name is found chiefly in the United States. Among its bearers is the American singer Amerie (born 1980).
How Popular is the Name Amerie?
Amerie has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2008. Its best rank was #1,344 in 2005.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,823 | 60 | 0.0037% |
| 2024 | #2,275 | 81 | 0.0050% |
| 2023 | #2,106 | 91 | 0.0057% |
| 2022 | #1,756 | 118 | 0.0072% |
| 2021 | #2,416 | 74 | 0.0045% |
| 2020 | #2,715 | 61 | 0.0038% |
| 2019 | #2,378 | 75 | 0.0045% |
| 2018 | #2,190 | 85 | 0.0050% |
| 2017 | #2,144 | 89 | 0.0052% |
| 2016 | #1,957 | 102 | 0.0058% |
| 2015 | #2,080 | 94 | 0.0053% |
| 2014 | #1,602 | 134 | 0.0075% |
| 2013 | #1,586 | 135 | 0.0077% |
| 2012 | #1,384 | 168 | 0.0095% |
| 2011 | #1,511 | 147 | 0.0084% |
| 2010 | #1,430 | 160 | 0.0090% |
| 2009 | #1,408 | 167 | 0.0091% |
| 2008 | #1,380 | 174 | 0.0092% |
| 2007 | #1,672 | 132 | 0.0069% |
| 2006 | #1,846 | 110 | 0.0058% |
| 2005 | #1,344 | 162 | 0.0088% |
| 2004 | #2,505 | 67 | 0.0036% |
| 2003 | #1,711 | 111 | 0.0061% |
| 2002 | #2,894 | 51 | 0.0028% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Amerie Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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You find the best contentment in life when you own your own home and provide well for your family and loved ones. You have a great sense of responsibility and duty. You are comforting, appreciative and affectionate. Your obligation in life is to hold justice and truth, and if you follow the Law, you can find the great happiness and satisfaction.
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