Landry Family History
Landry Name Meaning
French and English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Landri from the ancient Germanic Landric(us) a compound of land ‘land’ + rīk ‘powerful ruler’. English: from Middle English lavendrie ‘wash-house’ (Old French lavanderie) either a metonymic occupational name for a worker in a wash-house or a name denoting a dweller at a wash-house. French Canadian: shortened and altered form of a habitational name from La Glanderie a place in Yvelines France. Compare Laundry Londeree and Lundry .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022