Launay Family Crest & Name History

Spelled Launay, the surname still points back to Delaunay. Name scholars give the meaning as “Of the alder grove”. Records show Launay as one of the forms Delaunay took over time. The same family of names includes Delaune.

French birth records list 20,325 children named Launay between 1891 and 2000. There were 820 such births in the 1890s and 1,861 in the 1990s. Names that sound alike, such as Luna, are easily confused in old records.

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