Hembrough Family History
Hembrough Name Meaning
English:: variant of Embry of Norman origin a variant of Emery . habitational name from Hemingbrough (East Yorkshire) probably from the Old Norse personal name Heming + Old English burg ‘fortress’ though it is possible that it derives from the Old English personal name Hemma + the Old English groupname suffix -ingas (genitive -inga-) + burg.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022