Last name: LUTHER

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All you have to know about the last name LUTHER

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LUTHER : This last name is indexed 83,002 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

LUTHER : 1: German: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements liud ‘people tribe’ or hlūd ‘clamoring famous’ + heri hari ‘army’.2: English: metonymic occupational name from Middle English luter leuter ‘lute player’ (Old French leuteor luthier). Compare Luter.3: Americanized form of Slovenian Lutar or Luthar: from a personal name of ancient Germanic origin (see 1 above).

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