Scottish: from the Older Scots personal name Ure, a
variant of Ivor.Norwegian: habitational name from a place
in Hordaland, probably named in Old Norse Urðvin, a compound
of urð ‘scree’, ‘rock-strewn slope’ + vin ‘meadow’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
45,295
Historical Documents & Family Trees with Ure
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