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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : habitational name from Orry-la-Ville in Oise, derived from the Latin personal name Aurius, Orius + suffix -acum, denoting the estate of a villa.
  • German : from a personal name, Ory or Olry, derived from Latin aureus ‘golden’, which was borne by a 5th-century saint from Mainz.
  • Hungarian (Őry) : variant spelling of Őri (see Ori).

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