Re: What do you know about Fry?
in reply to a message by Curious about maiden name
Here's some info on Fry's meaning:
http://www.ancestry.com/facts/fry-name-meaning.ashx?fid=10&ln=Frei&fn=&yr=1920&
And here's where the 'Vry' explanantion may come from:
http://www.ancestry.com/facts/frey-name-meaning.ashx
(also, Vry looks a lot like Vrij, the Dutch form of the word Frei in German (both mean 'free'), maybe the one who told you that was confusing Dutch with German?)
http://www.ancestry.com/facts/fry-name-meaning.ashx?fid=10&ln=Frei&fn=&yr=1920&
And here's where the 'Vry' explanantion may come from:
http://www.ancestry.com/facts/frey-name-meaning.ashx
(also, Vry looks a lot like Vrij, the Dutch form of the word Frei in German (both mean 'free'), maybe the one who told you that was confusing Dutch with German?)