Heraldry and the Debray Surname

Wikidata records Debray as a French family name. French civil records give 6,029 births under the name Debray from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1961–1970.

Surname origin

Spelling in old records was loose, so search for Debray under several forms. No reliable dictionary entry explains Debray, so any origin we give a client is traced from their own ancestors.

Debray turns up in national name statistics on both sides of the Atlantic.

Arms associated with the name

Sharing the Debray name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families.

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