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    Emory

    EM-uh-ree

    Meaning

    Home ruler; Industrious leader

    Germanic origin · Unisex

    What it points to

    Emory champions the home as the primary field of spiritual leadership — where faith is first practiced and most deeply tested.

    Verses · King James Version

    “But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”

    Joshua 24:15

    “Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established.”

    Proverbs 24:3

    Most used in the 1880s (US records)

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