Landry is a surname of French origin. Landry appears in the names of towns in France , Canada and the United States , as well as three canonized saints.
7-541: Landry may refer to: People [ edit ] Landry (surname) , of French origin Landry of Soignies (born 637 AD), Frankish saint Landry Nguémo (1985–2024), Cameroonian professional football player Landry Jones (born 1989), American football player Landry Fields (born 1988), American basketball executive Landry Shamet (born 1997), American basketball player Places [ edit ] Landry, Savoie ,
14-700: A French town in the Savoie département Art, entertainment, and media [ edit ] Music [ edit ] Art Landry , American jazz & dance band leader, popularizer of “Sleepy Time Gal” on the Victor label, as well as other popular tunes of the Jazz Age Fictional characters [ edit ] Landry (Sanrio character) , fictional boy raccoon created by the Japanese toy company Sanrio Landry Clarke , Matt Saracen's best friend in
21-431: Is not known for certain when the name was first recorded. Although Landry is considered French in origin, it is not found throughout France. Rather it seems to have been concentrated around three small villages, south of the town of Loudon, province of Poitou: LaChausee, Martaize and Aulnay. In Quebec, however, the surname is quite commonly spread, along with Ladrie of probably similar origin. I am given to understand that
28-509: The Friday Night Lights television series Landry du Lauzon, the protagonist of the television series Knightfall Enterprises [ edit ] Landry's Restaurants , American corporation that develops restaurants and hospitality projects Other uses [ edit ] Saint Landry (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
35-520: The regional variant Landry. Today in France, the name is also found in the forms of Landrin and Landron. The name is in fact, of ultimate Germanic origin, being derived from the old baptismal name "Land-rick", a composite name which signifies, literally, "land/country-powerful". Different spellings of the same original surname are a common occurrence. Dictionaries of surnames indicate probable spelling variations of Landry to be: It appears, however, that it
42-515: The title Landry . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Landry&oldid=1251057182 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Landry (surname) Landry: It
49-455: Was not until the early Middle Ages that surnames were introduced to distinguish between numbers of people bearing the same personal or Christian name. Landry is of patronymic origin, coming from Landericus , belonging to that category of names derived from the first name of the father or ancestor. In this case, the name simply denotes "the son of Landry", a popular personal name during the medieval period, early forms of which included Landri, and
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