Guidry
A Cajun surname that most likely reflects a French family name brought to Louisiana.
The #1,739 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 14,988 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Guidry is a French surname, especially associated with Louisiana Cajun families. It is generally treated as a French family name that likely developed from a personal name in medieval France, though the exact root is not certain from common reference works alone. In English-speaking North America it became established in the French-Louisiana naming tradition and is now strongly identified with Cajun heritage.
History
The surname is especially common in Louisiana, where many French-speaking Acadian and other Franco-Louisianian surnames became deeply rooted. Its modern distribution reflects that regional history more than any single famous bearer. Spellings and pronunciations have been stabilized in the U.S., though the name remains distinctly French in form and association.
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Fun fact
Guidry is one of the surnames often used as a quick marker of Cajun ancestry in Louisiana family history research.