Landry

Landry has Louisiana written all over it, though its roots are older and farther east: the Old Germanic Landric, land and ruler, carried into medieval French as Landri, the name of a seventh-century saint and bishop of Paris. Cajun country kept it alive as a surname, and Friday Night Lights, with its quarterback Landry Clarke, nudged it toward first-name fame. At 1186 and unisex, it has two easy syllables, a soft landing on the ee. Landry reads a little Southern, a little French, a little football, a name with good manners and a good ear for music.