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The dobry Surname

dobry Name Meaning and History

  1. Czech and Slovak (Dobrý): nickname from Czech dobrý ‘good’, ‘honest’, ‘faithful’.
  2. French: patronymic from the personal name Obry, a spelling variant of Aubrey.
  3. English: altered form of the French surname Dobrée, which was taken to England by a Huguenot family whose ancestor had fled to Guernsey after the St. Bartholomew Massacre in 1572.

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Distribution of dobry Families in the US in 1920
Number of dobry families
 9-15
 4-8
 1-3
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