When Hannah Luther was born on 25 March 1698, in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Nathaniel Luther, was 32 and her mother, Ruth Cole, was 32. She died on 16 April 1719, in her hometown, at the age of 21.
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German: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements liud ‘people, tribe’ or hlūd ‘clamoring, famous’, + heri, hari ‘army’.
English: metonymic occupational name from Middle English luter, leuter ‘lute player’ (Old French leuteor, luthier). Compare Luter .
Americanized form of Slovenian Lutar or Luthar: from a personal name of ancient Germanic origin (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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