French: from a personal name based on the Germanic root
waido ‘hunt’. The name is particularly associated with Cajuns
in LA, who seem all to be descended from Claude Guédry dit Grivois,
who arrived in Acadia before 1671.Variant of Guitry, which
is based on a personal name composed of the Germanic elements
wid(u), wit- ‘wood’ + ric ‘power(ful)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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