Fry Family History
Fry Name Meaning
English (mainly southern and southwestern): from Middle English frie ‘free’ (Old English frīo frīg) with reference either to rank or tenurial status (‘free-born’) or to character (‘generous open-handed’). It is synonymous with Free . Americanized form of German Frei or Frey or of the Dutch cognate Vrij.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022