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[Facts] Re: Trying to find out the meaning of the name Lurany or Lurana
Thanks for that info, but this woman was in fact Cherokee, from family historian including documentation and photographs.

Any idea the meaning of the name?
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If you look at the registration lists for Cherokee, you will hard pressed to find a single Cherokee name. Even if the family used one, it would probably not be officially recorded. It may sound exotic and she may be Cherokee, but it seems it's not so exotic after all, just another name in circulation in the broader community at the time.
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I am sure she was Cherokee, but that doesn't mean her name was from the Cherokee language. :)No idea as to the further derivation of Lurana. It may simply be an early example of a name invented by someone because they thought it sounded nice.
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