Last name KURI: origin and meaning

Kuri : 1: Americanized or Hispanicized form of Arabic Khoury or Khouri ‘priest’. Compare Curi Kouri and Kury.2: Swiss German (also Küri): variant of Kury a short form of the medieval personal name Quirin.3: Slovenian: nickname derived from kur ‘rooster’. The surname may also be a derivative of the Latin personal name Quirinus (see Quirin and compare 2 above).

Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press

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