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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English, Scottish, Dutch, and French : variant of Henry 1. In Scotland this surname is common in the Ayr and Fife districts; in northern Ireland it is usually from the Scottish variant Hendrie, though some examples of the name were originally as at Henry 3.

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