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Help[Facts] Destry
Does anyone know what Destry means? Nameberry says it means war horse, but I don't trust them. It's from a surname, I guess. Once read it was from a French surname but I'm half French and don't know anyone who has it.
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Destry is a small commune in the Moselle region not far from Metz. This may be the origin of the surname, which shows up in French records as far back as 1606.
Other 17th-century spellings are d'Estree and D'Estrie, which makes me think it's probably related to the French word for east, and isn't connected with destrier, which is an Old French Latin-derived term for a warhorse.
Other 17th-century spellings are d'Estree and D'Estrie, which makes me think it's probably related to the French word for east, and isn't connected with destrier, which is an Old French Latin-derived term for a warhorse.
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Cool, thanks! I never met anyone with this surname so I never thought of it as French.
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