English

Larry

Blend of Louis + Harry.

Frankish *Hlūdawīg

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Old French Looïs

Middle French Loïs

French Louis

French louis ‘a louis (coin)’

English Louis

Proto-Indo-European *ker- ‘army’

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Proto-Germanic *harjōną ‘to overrun with an army’

Proto-West Germanic *harjōn ‘to overrun with an army’

Old English herġian ‘to pillage’

Middle English herien ‘to ruin’

English Harry

Today it means

name The real-person fiction ship of Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles of the band One Direction.

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