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7/20/2024, 6:31 AM ForeverFitzgerald Rewrote to be concise and easier to understand.  Left items to combat misinformation on the Internet, but shrank them.  Added sources for forms Emerin and Emeryne.
7/7/2024, 7:09 PM ForeverFitzgerald
7/7/2024, 5:04 PM ForeverFitzgerald Two typos fixed
7/6/2024, 3:18 AM ForeverFitzgerald
7/2/2024, 9:22 PM ForeverFitzgerald Full researched origin, it is Welsh. Added 1st occurrence in regions. Full look at ancestry data (spellings, from Emery/Emrys to Emeryn/Emryn, gender usage,...), added more countries current usage d
6/12/2024, 4:57 PM ForeverFitzgerald
6/12/2024, 4:38 PM ForeverFitzgerald
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6/12/2024, 4:36 PM ForeverFitzgerald Found another typo. Swapped order "Notable People" and "Popularity". Added Wales and England data.
6/9/2024, 4:47 PM ForeverFitzgerald
6/9/2024, 4:46 PM ForeverFitzgerald Minor corrections
6/9/2024, 6:59 AM ForeverFitzgerald
6/9/2024, 6:51 AM ForeverFitzgerald

Name Emryn
Gender Masculine & Feminine
Pronounced Pron. /ˈɛm.ɹɪn/(Welsh, British English, American English) EM-rin or Em-ren(Welsh, British English, American English)
Other Forms FormsEmrynn, Emmryn, Emeryn, Emmeryn, Emeran, Emerin, Emmeran, Emmeram
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

In Welsh, "-yn" is the masculine suffix to create singular nouns and is used in creating the diminutive for masculine names.  Therefore,

1.  Emryn is the diminutive for Emrys, the Welsh of Ambrose, meaning "immortal".  Since "-yn" is singular, Emryn means "immortal one". 

2.  By applying the Welsh pattern for masculine diminutives, Emry, a variant of Emery becomes EmrynEmryn is the more common Welsh spelling of Emeryn, a variant of Emeran

Therefore, note also that “-ryn” does not mean “ruler”.  Generally, Rynn is an English diminutive of another name.  Only the Germanic forms, Emerick, Emerich with the second element, ric, rich or Old Norse rikr mean “ruler”. 

Origin & Use:  Emryn and Emeryn are Welsh variants first appearing in Wales in the 1500's.  Neither are used in Ireland or France.  Therefore, Emeryn is not a form of French, Emerine or Irish, EmerEmryn is pronounced differently than EmerEmer is the anglicized form of Eimhear, pronounced "Ee-ver" or sometimes, "Ee-mer".  (Gaelic "mh" is said "v".)  The masculine form of Irish Emer is Eimhin or Evin.

Popularity:  As seen from U.S. Social Security Card Applications (SSA), Emryn/Emeryn are rare masculine names.  Feminine use is exceedingly rare and limited to the United States, only gaining momentum after 2017.

Related Names:  Emer, Emericus, Emeranus, Emeri, Emery, Emerie, Emry, Emory, Emerick, Emmerich, Emeric, Émeric, Emeran, Emeryn, Emryn, Emrynn, Emmeran, Emerin, Emrin, Emmeram, Emerson, Emmerson, Emersyn

Feminine Forms: Emerine, Emerantianne, Emerantina
Added 6/9/2024 by ForeverFitzgerald