Lavery
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English
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Labhradha (“descendant of Labhraidh”), a byname from labhraidh (“spokesman”), from labhair (“to speak”).
Proper noun
Lavery (plural Laverys)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lavery is the 8401st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3938 individuals. Lavery is most common among White (94.44%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lavery”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 406.