Lory
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Frequency: (219)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Northern English, Scottish, and Irish: from a pet form of Lawrence. Compare Lowry.
2. South German and Swiss (also Löry): from a pet form of the personal name Lorenz.
3. French: habitational name from either of two villages called Lory, in Loir-et-Cher and Lot, or from Lorry in Moselle.
FOREBEARS: A Lory-Gargot from Poitou, France, was in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec City, by 1665; in Quebec city by 1666; and Becquet by 1670. A Francois Lory, born in Poitiers, France, died in Lachine, Quebec, in 1702.
GIVEN NAMES: German 4%. Eldred, Manfred.
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