Westray Family History

Westray Name Meaning

English (Cumberland and Lancashire): habitational name from Westray in Embleton (Cumberland). The placename probably derives from Old Norse vestr ‘west, western’ + vrá ‘nook, corner of land’.

Similar surnames:

Westray,

Westry

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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