Imrie as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Imrie

What is the meaning of the name Imrie ?

The baby name Imrie is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced IM-ree (IPA: /ˈɪmri/).

Imrie is in Origin.

Imrie is a Scottish surname turned given name, rooted in the North‑East (Aberdeenshire/Banffshire), where spellings Imrie and Imray are long recorded. Most scholars treat it as a Scots development of the medieval personal name Emery/Amery, itself from continental Germanic Emmerich or Amalric (elements ermen ‘whole, universal’ or amal ‘work, vigor’ + ric ‘ruler, power’). The sense commonly given is ‘industrious ruler’ or ‘universal power.’ Pronounced IM-ree.

Records from the 17th century show Imrie in kirk and tax rolls, and it remained primarily a family name until the modern surname‑as‑first‑name trend brought it into occasional given‑name use in Scotland, Canada, and the UK/US. Variant and cognate forms include Imray, Imry, Emrie, Emry, Emery, and Emory; pet forms like Immy sometimes occur. Some sources note a separate Hebrew name Imri (‘speech; my word’), but this is a distinct origin.