Orray meaning | Last name Orray origin

Variant form of Urry. 1. There is a parish called Urray on the borders of Inverness and Ross shires. 2. Derived from the Old Norse urri, adog; and asks, "Has this anything to do with our word worry? Urri, a dog, would be in Anglo-Saxon wurri."

A variant of the Ewer. See Ure - 1. A Yorkshire river. 2. Eur occurs as a personal name in Domesday; and an early Scandinavian gave his name to Ureby, or Ewerby, in Lincolnshire. 3. The baronial family of Eure took their name, in the XIII century, from the lordship of Eure or Evre, in Buckinghamshire.

A gentleman of this name having deserted a lady to whom he had been affianced, Douglas Jerrold remarked, that he could not have thought that Ure would have proved a base un.

Variant form of Urey. One who came from Urie, i.e., abounding in yews, in Scotland.

Variant form of Ewers. The servant or household officer who supplied guests at the table with water to wash their hands, etc; a water-bearer.

A form of the Ure. 1. A Yorkshire river. 2. Eur occurs as a personal name in Domesday; and an early Scandinavian gave his name to Ureby, or Ewerby, in Lincolnshire. 3. The baronial family of Eure took their name, in the XIII century, from the lordship of Eure or Evre, in Buckinghamshire.

A gentleman of this name having deserted a lady to whom he had been affianced, Douglas Jerrold remarked, that he could not have thought that Ure would have proved a base un.