Lavery

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)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lavery is the 8401^st 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 406.

Anagrams

• Valery, Varley, velary