Kure Family History

Japanese (pronounced as two syllables): though written 呉 ‘give’ or ‘present’ the original meaning may actually be 暮 ‘nightfall’. The name is listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku and is no longer common in Japan but there is a city by that name in Hiroshima prefecture and the area may have ancient connections with the family.

Slovenian: nickname from kure ‘chicken’ or kur ‘rooster’. In North America this surname is also an altered form of Kurre a Germanized form of Slovenian name.