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The clary Surname

clary Name Meaning and History

  1. Irish: variant of Cleary or a reduced form of McClary.
  2. English: perhaps from Middle English clary, clarie ‘clary’ (the pot herb Salvia sclarea), a topographic name for someone who lived where the plant grew or a metonymic occupational name for a herb seller.

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Distribution of clary Families in the US in 1920
Number of clary families
 75-147
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