Kuri Family History
Kuri Name Meaning
Americanized or Hispanicized form of Arabic Khoury or Khouri ‘priest’. Compare Curi Kouri and Kury . Swiss German (also Küri): variant of Kury a short form of the medieval personal name Quirin . Slovenian: nickname derived from kur ‘rooster’. The surname may also be a derivative of the Latin personal name Quirinus (see Quirin and compare 2 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022