What country is the last name drury from?

Question

What country is the last name drury from?

Answer 1

It comes from the Norman English and Old French word "druerie", which meant 'love', or 'friendship', and is a example of the medieval practice of creating a surname from a nickname. By the 1100s or so, "druerie" was also used in the concrete sense of a "love token" or "affair", or "sweetheart". The following quotation from "The Vision of Piers Plowman", illustrates the use of the word: "It is an dereworthe a drury as deere God hymselven". The development of the surname includes: Robert Druerie (1204, Lancashire), Nigel Drury (1273, Yorkshire) and Thomas Drory (1379, ibid.). The modern surname can be found as Drury, Druery, Drewery and Drewry. Among the recordings of the name in London is that of the marriage of Richard Drury and Ursula Andros, at St. Mary Magdalene, Old Fish Street, on November 28th 1562. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Alexander Druri, which was dated 1200, in the "Curia Rolls of Suffolk". during the reign of King John, known as "Lackland", 1199 - 1216.  English (Norman) and French: nickname from Old French druerie ‘love’, ‘friendship’, a derivative of dru ‘lover’, ‘friend’ (see Drew 3). In Middle English the word also had the concrete meanings ‘love affair’, ‘love token’, ‘sweetheart’.  English (Norman) and French: from a Germanic personal name composed of Old High German triuwa ‘truth’, ‘trust’ + ric ‘power(ful)’.  Irish (County Roscommon): English name adopted by bearers of Gaelic Mac an Druaidh ‘son of the druid’.

Answer 2

Drury is a Norman name, possibly derived from the former village of Rouvray, near Rouen, Normandy.

The name "de Rouvray" may have been shortened to Drury over time.



Another explanation that has been published is that Drury meant "lover" in Old French or "Pearl" in Saxon. Although romantic possibilities, they are probably inaccurate.



A third, and more likely origin is that the name of Drieu of Normandy  was extended to Drury when surnames were adopted in the thirteenth century.

Answer 3

Most likely its Anglo Saxon in origin.

Its in the old english childrens nursery ryhme about the muffin man. Drury lane!

Answer 4

I found this for you.

Drury Name Meaning and History

English (Norman) and French: nickname from Old French druerie ‘love’, ‘friendship’, a derivative of dru ‘lover’, ‘friend’ (see Drew 3). In Middle English the word also had the concrete meanings ‘love affair’, ‘love token’, ‘sweetheart’.

English (Norman) and French: from a Germanic personal name composed of Old High German triuwa ‘truth’, ‘trust’ + ric ‘power(ful)’.

Irish (County Roscommon): English name adopted by bearers of Gaelic Mac an Druaidh ‘son of the druid’. Compare Drew 6.

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

Surname: Drury

This unusual and interesting name has its origins in the Norman English and Old French word "druerie", meaning love, or friendship, and is an example of the medieval practice of creating a surname from a nickname. By the 12th Century or so, "druerie" was also used in the concrete sense of a "love token" or "affair", or "sweetheart". The following quotation from "The Vision of Piers Plowman", illustrates the use of the word: "It is an dereworthe a drury as deere God hymselven". The development of the surname includes: Robert Druerie (1204, Lancashire), Nigel Drury (1273, Yorkshire) and Thomas Drory (1379, ibid.). The modern surname can be found as Drury, Druery, Drewery and Drewry. Among the recordings of the name in London is that of the marriage of Richard Drury and Ursula Andros, at St. Mary Magdalene, Old Fish Street, on November 28th 1562. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Alexander Druri, which was dated 1200, in the "Curia Rolls of Suffolk". during the reign of King John, known as "Lackland", 1199 - 1216.  

Answer 6

Emmigration records have Drury's born in:

England and Ireland