Emryn

Possibly a female variant of Emrys meaning "immortal" combined with -ryn meaning "ruler". This name was given to 54 girls in 2017 according to the Social Security Administration.

Emryn has two sources with related meanings: “Immortal/Universal/Unceasing” from Emery and Emrys.

1. Emry is a spelling of Emery, so also Emryn is a spelling of Emeryn. Emeryn is a variant spelling of the Norman name Emeran, also Emmeran and Emmeram, but utilizing the more known English form Emery. The Germanic is Emmerich. See also Émeric. These names also appear as Emry, Emryn, Emric. The many forms are caused by linguistic alterations as the Germanic name moved through Europe during the Germanic invasions of Western Europe ending in the early Middle Ages. The Norman Conquest in the 11th-century brought the name to England. Alterations continue in modern times with Emerson (meaning son of Emery) becoming Emersyn. Furthermore, while the origin and source names are all masculine, in recent decades, many forms have found feminine use as well in America.

From Germanic languages, the first element is from ermen meaning "whole, universal"(to be a relative of Ermenrich). Alternatively, the first element is also traced to heim meaning "home" (to be a relative of Heimeran and Henry) or even amal meaning "unceasing, vigorous, brave" (to be a relative of Amalric) It is likely that several forms merged into a single name. The second element is hramn (Old Norse hrafn) meaning "raven".

Note the forms ending in “-ric” have a different second element, being ric, rich or Old Norse rikr meaning “ruler”. However, “-ryn” does not mean “ruler”, it's meaning in Emeryn is explained in (2). Also see Rynn is merely an English diminutive of another name.

2. From the Late Latin name Ambrosius, which was derived from the Greek name Ἀμβρόσιος (Ambrosios) meaning "immortal”, comes the male Welsh name Emrys. In Welsh, the “yn” suffix is used for the singular of a masculine noun, usually applied to nouns that refer to groups (Like this: adar "birds", aderyn "bird"; plant "children", plentyn "a child".) Consequently there are a plethora of Welsh male names ending in “yn” (In “Welsh Personal Names” by Heini Gruffudd nearly all names ending in “yn”, such as Arwyn, Bryn, Medwyn, are masculine, with a few exceptions based on meaning such as Blodyn is feminine as it means "flower"; Welsh is a very gendered language). Thus, from Emrys "immortal", we have Emryn meaning "immortal one", or following English consonant patterns, Emeryn. The Welsh source was already present in Wales before the Norman invasion brought Emery, as its influence is from the Roman Conquest.

Note: A common error is to affiliate Emryn and it's spelling Emeryn by cropping at Emer, an anglicized version of Eimhear. From Irish Mythology Eimear, Eimhear, or Eimhir, are female names said with a long E in the first element and a “v” because Gaelic "mh" is said "v". There is already a male version of this name, Eimhin or anglicized to Evin with meaning “swift” from the Gaelic, eimh.

Notable People: This name was borne by Saint Emeran of Regensburg from the 7th century AD.
Saint Emeric of Hungary, also Emericus, Emerick, Emery, Emory (c. 1007 – 2 September 1031) was the son of King Stephen I of Hungary and Giselle of Bavaria.
Emrys Wledig was a Welsh military leader of the 5th century whose life tales helped shape the early character of Merlin, originally Merlinus Ambrosius in Latin and Myrddin Emrys in Welsh, invented by the 12th-centurn chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth.
Saint Ambrose was a 4th-century theologian and bishop of Milan, who is considered a Doctor of the Church.

Popularity: As seen from U.S. Social Security Card Applications, Emryn arose from obscurity as a male name to female usage. Use was 14% male in 2020, 11% male in 2021, 9% male in 2022, and 4% male in 2023 as male usage remained at about 10 babies each year but female usage rose to 301 girls in 2023. This made Emryn the 3rd fastest rising name in popularity for females in 2023 with 320 per million girls receiving the name, if including the spelling Emrynn.