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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (of Norman origin) : from a diminutive of Old French loutre ‘otter’ (Latin lutra), applied as a nickname for someone thought to resemble an otter, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who hunted otters (for their pelts). Compare Luter.

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