Loury Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Written in a baptism entry or a ship's list, Loury usually leads back to Lowry. Its meaning, shared with Lowry, is “Little Lawrence”.

• Loury ranked 57,914 in the 2010 US Census, with 351 people answering to the name. French civil records give 1,632 births under the name Loury from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1951–1960.
• Loury writes “u” in place of the “w” found in Lowry, a typical scribal difference.
• Other spellings include Lowery, Lowrey and Lowrie.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Lowry and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Loury surname pack.