Surnames Matching Pattern *ry

This is a list of surnames in which the pattern is *ry.
usage
pattern
Atteberry English
Means "dweller at the fortified town" from Middle English at and burh "fortified place".
Avery English
Derived from a Norman French form of the given names Alberich or Alfred.
Báthory Hungarian
Originally indicated a person from Bátor, a village in Hungary, which might be of Turkic origin meaning "hero". This was the surname of a Hungarian noble family who historically controlled the town. One of the family members, Stephen Báthory, became the king of Poland in the 16th century.
Berry English
Derived from a place name, which was derived from Old English burh "fortification".
Cary Irish
Variant of Carey.
Chaudhary Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Nepali
From a title meaning "holder of four", from Sanskrit चतुर् (catur) meaning "four" and धुरीय (dhurīya) meaning "bearing a burden".
Choudhary Hindi, Marathi
Alternate transcription of Hindi/Marathi चौधरी (see Chaudhary).
Choudhury Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali চৌধুরী (see Chowdhury).
Chowdhury Bengali
Bengali form of Chaudhary.
Cleary Irish
From Irish cléireach meaning "clerk" (see Clark).
Clery Irish
Variant of Cleary.
Connery Irish
Variant of Conroy.
Cory English
Variant of Corey.
Curry Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Comhraidhe or Ó Corra.
Ellery English
From the medieval masculine name Hilary.
Flannery Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Flannghaile meaning "descendant of Flannghal", a given name meaning "red valour".
Fleury French
From the name of various towns in northern France, derived from the Gallo-Roman personal name Florus.
Fry English
From Old English frig (a variant of freo) meaning "free".
Garry English
Variant of Geary.
Gary English
Variant of Geary.
Geary English
Derived from a Norman given name that was a short form of Germanic names starting with the element ger "spear".
Gregory English
From the given name Gregory.
Guillory French
Derived from the Old German given name Williric.
Hendry Scottish, English
Derived from the given name Henry.
Henry English
Derived from the given name Henry.
Jeffery English
Derived from the given name Jeffrey.
Leary Irish
Variant of O'Leary.
Lowry English, Scottish
From a diminutive of the given name Laurence 1.
MacClery Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Cléirich.
Mallory English
From Old French maleüré meaning "unfortunate", a term introduced to England by the Normans.
McCleary Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Cléirich.
McCrory Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Ruaidhrí meaning "son of Ruaidhrí".
Montgomery English, Scottish
From a place name in Calvados, France meaning "Gumarich's mountain". A notable bearer was Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976), a British army commander during World War II.
O'Clery Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Cléirigh.
O'Leary Irish
From Irish Ó Laoghaire meaning "descendant of Laoghaire".
Parry Welsh
Derived from ap Harry meaning "son of Harry".
Perry 1 English
From Old English pirige meaning "pear tree", a derivative of peru meaning "pear", itself from Latin pirum. A famous bearer was Matthew Perry (1794-1858), the American naval officer who opened Japan to the West.
Perry 2 Welsh
From Welsh ap Herry meaning "son of Herry".
Terry English
Derived from the medieval name Thierry, a Norman French form of Theodoric.
Whinery English
From Middle English whin "gorse bush" and wray "nook of land".