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[earn-my-wings.livejournal.com]

Amaury.

I saw this name in the opening credits for Prison Break (my newest Netflix addiction!!). I had never heard it before and thought it was a girl's name and liked it a lot. I pronounced it "AW-marie" in my mind, even though the spelling didn't really fit that pronunciation. But I looked it up and found out it is a male name.

Has anyone heard it before? What would you think of it as a girl name? And what is the correct pronunciation?

Side note: speaking of Prison Break, I've taken a liking to the name Lincoln, Linc for short. Thoughts?

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[armadanoir.livejournal.com]

Amaury/Amaurys is really common among Dominicans. Idk- but we are infamous for inventing names. Such as blending the father and mothers name to make something "unique." It gets bad, really bad. I've only heard of that name affliated with boys and its usually pronounced Ah-mao-ry.

[brittmarie.livejournal.com]

It's so funny that it's your newest addiction because we have been going through them
like crazy! I love the name Lincoln!

[earn-my-wings.livejournal.com]

Haha really?! It's almost an issue, for real! The other day my husband and i stayed in all day long watching them and stayed up till like 3am, haha! We are in the middle of season 3, now :)

[earn-my-wings.livejournal.com]

That's interesting, I didn't know that. When I looked it up, I kept seeing that it was of French or German origin.

[cybeleadam.livejournal.com]

I've heard it several times in France, where it's pronounced Ah-mow-ree or something close to it (it's rather hard for me to spell phonetically in a way that works for an English speaker). It would be weird to use it for a girl here but in English speaking countries I guess it would be okay.

P.S. Sorry if someone told you that already. It seems there's some kind of bug stopping me from reading other people's comments.

[silvermidnight.livejournal.com]

I have seen Amaury, I believe on netflix as well but not on Prison Break. Maybe How I Met Your Mother.

I have always wanted to pronounce it Ah-MORE-ee. I like the Aw-marie pronunciation better. Ah-mao-ree is OK.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_endangered/]

A girl on my facebook named her son Amouri.. it makes me cringe.

[piperwest12.livejournal.com]

I am Puerto Rican and Amaury, while not a common name, is still a well known name. We use it for our boys though, not girls, however I feel it s unisex.

[vanish.livejournal.com]

I knew an Amaury in HS or college (can't remember; we weren't really friends). She was a girl, and the name was pronounced "ah-MAO-ry", with the rolled r.

I love "Lincoln"! :)

[stormqueen280.livejournal.com]

Rather common in Brazil as well, both Amauri and Amaury. Only for boys - if you named a girl Amaury here, people would ask you if you were drunk or something.

[earn-my-wings.livejournal.com]

I just sounded it out in my best French accent, haha.

[earn-my-wings.livejournal.com]

I guess it's a more common name than I thought, especially among actors apparently, haha.

Yeah, I looked at it and when I was trying to figure out how to say it, that way made me think of The Maury Show haha

[earn-my-wings.livejournal.com]

That's pretty, too!!

[earn-my-wings.livejournal.com]

Why even spell it like that? Amaury is unique enough, ugh

[earn-my-wings.livejournal.com]

You're the second person to mention that they hear it among Puerto Ricans, hmmm.

[earn-my-wings.livejournal.com]

Was she French?

Yay for Lincoln! :)

[earn-my-wings.livejournal.com]

Haha that's pretty funny. I can see that though, I suppose in French, Spanish, and Portuguese, it sounds good for a guy. In English, I think it sounds good on a girl.

[cybeleadam.livejournal.com]

I found a page where you can listen to a French person pronouncing it: http://www.forvo.com/word/amaury/ (not that it really matters if all those who'll pronounce the child's name are non-French speakers). I would make the "au" a little longer to distinguish it from a "o" but it might be just my Belgian accent.

[stormqueen280.livejournal.com]

I couldn't do it, but I grew up hearing this name for boys, so for me it's strange. Also, it's a bit of an old-fashioned name - I don't recall meeting an Amaury who's younger than 40.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_endangered/]

The only reason I can possibly think of is because she was trying to be "unique" and spell it like Amour.. (love). All I know is that I HATE it. lol.