WHEN IT COMES TO THE ORIGIN OF A LAST-OR-SURNAME, MUCH IS BASED ON TRADITION AND LEGEND, ACCEPTED BY MEMBERS OF THAT FAMILY.

SINCE, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WHILE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO DEFINITIVE LINKS TO OUR PAST IN THE OLD COUNTRY, WE CAN STILL ONLY SPECULATE (AT BEST) AS TO WHERE OUR FAMILY NAME CAME FROM. IT MUST ALSO BE NOTED THAT EACH FAMILY NAME SPELLING, TO THEM, CAN BE TAKEN AS THE "ORIGINAL" AND CORRECT SPELLING-EVEN WITH A DISCOUNT FOR THE FACT THAT WE MAY, IN FACT, BE DECENDED FROM THE SAME FOREFATHER.

THE FOLLOWING LINK IS PROVIDED FOR THE LATEST, IN DEPTH INFORMATION ON THE POSSIBLE ORIGINS OF OUR FAMILY NAME. THIS SITE IS RELATED TO MUCH RESEARCH BEING DONE IN THE "OLD WORLD".

1. LATIN WAS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE BACK IN 27 B.C. - LATIN PROPER NAMES ALL HAVE AN "ENDING" - FLORIO IS AN ANCIENT NAME (AND TOWN) IN ITALY, BASED ON THE LATIN "FLOR" AND MAY BE A SOURCE OF THE VARIATIONS OF FLORY, FLORA, FLURY, ETC.
2. THE NAME FLORY / FLORY IN GERMANY WAS OFTEN SPELLED "FLORI" - ALSO FOLLOWING THE SAME SPELLING IN SWITZERLAND, PRIMARILY NEAR THE CANTON OF SOLOTHURN IN SWITZERLAND NEAR THE FRENCH BORDER.
3. THIS MAY SHOW THAT THE SWISS "FLORI" CAME FROM THE FRENCH FLEURY AND THAT ALL FLORIS ARE MAINLY OF FRENCH BLOOD (ORIGIN).
4. IN AN (OLD) GERMAN AREA OF SWITZERLAND, THERE IS A REFERENCE OF OUR NAME APPEARING AS "UF DER FLURI" OR, TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, "FROM THE LAND".
5. "FLUR" IN GERMAN IS A WORD FOR AGRARIC LAND, PASTURE, OR SIMILAR THINGS.
6. THEREFORE, OUR NAME MAY COME FROM (PARTLY) "SOMEONE WHO LIVES ON A PIECE OF LAND CALLED FLURI".
7. IN FRANCE, "FLEURY" MEANS "FROM THE LAND OF FLOWERS".
8. IN FRANCE, THERE IS TOLD OF A TOWN NAMED "FLEURI".
9. ACCORDING TO THE HERITAGE LINKED TO OUR FAMILY CREST, THE COAT OF ARMS WAS ADOPTED BY THE FRENCH POET AND STAESMAN, CLAUDE FLEURY.
10. ACCORDING TO THE SAME HERITAGE LINKED TO THE FAMILY CREST, DURING THE YEARS BETWEEN 1653-1743, THE CREST WAS CARRIED BY THE ROYAL CARDINAL, ANDRE-DE-FLEURY.
11. IN THE GERMAN LANGUAGE, WIVES AND CHILDREN WERE OFTEN ADDRESSED OR REFERRED TO, DURING THEIR MARRIED LIFE, WITH AN "IN" ADDED TO THEIR NAMES. IN OTHER WORDS, BROWN (BRAUN) WOULD HAVE BEEN BROWNIN OR BRAUNIN. UPON THE MAN'S DEATH, THE WOMAN WOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED AS "WIDOW BRAUNIN". IF CHILDREN WERE YOUNG ENOUGH, THEIR LAST NAME REFERENCED AS SUCH COULD HAVE "STUCK" WITH THE "IN" AT THE END. THUS, THIS MAY BE PART OF THE ORIGIN OF "FLORI" BECOMING "FLORIN", ETC.

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