Khouri

Khoury also transliterated as "Khouri", (Arabic: خوري, Greek: Χούρι, or Ḫūrī), is a Levantine surname that is common to Arab Christians in the Middle East. The term Khoury means "priest" in Levantine Arabic. It derives from the Latin word curia.

Although most popular amongst the population in Lebanon, where it is the most common surname, the name can also be found within Christian communities in Israel, Syria, Palestine, and Jordan. It is often given as a last name to a new priest or minister, replacing the old one and to the children of the married priest and their descendants.^[1] The Maronite Church, which is in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church, allows married men to become priests.

It is common for a family to keep the Khoury surname for generations past the life of the priest. Catholic and Orthodox clergy (particularly Maronite Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Melkite Catholic and Syriac Orthodox) are the largest numbers of people with this name; all four rites having a married priesthood according to Catholic and Orthodox norms. Khoury/Khouri is uncommon as a given name. In the Eastern Christian Churches, "Khoury" or "El-Khoury" means Corepiscopos, which is an honorary rank above a priest.

Due to the Lebanese diaspora, which started in the late 19th century, the name has acquired different variants in different countries and is also uncommonly spelled as El Khoury, Elcure, Elkhori, Elkouri, Kouri, Couri, Koury, Coury, Kourie, Koory, Koorey, Kuri, Khuri, Khury, Kury, Xouri, Curi, Cury, Coorey, Courey, Korey, Kory, Corey, Chory, Correy and in Latin America as Xuri, Kure, Cure, Correa, Juri, Jury, Cura, Jure, Eljure, Aljure and Alcuri.

People[]

• Amin Khoury, founder of B/E Aerospace
• Callie Khouri, Lebanese American Academy Award winner for writing the film Thelma & Louise
• Ana Khouri (born 1981), Brazilian jewelry designer and sculptor
• Carlos Cure, Lebanese Colombian Chairman of Bavaria Brewery, Colombia
• Al Coury, Lebanese American record company executive
• Humberto Curi, an Argentine-born Olympic boxer who competed in the middleweight class in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam
• Fred Coury, drummer for American glam metal band Cinderella
• Augusto Cury, Lebanese Brazilian neuroscientist and best-selling writer, developed the Multifocal Theory
• Andrée Saab Khoury, known as Andrée Chedid, French Lebanese poet and novelist
• Brian Cury, founder and CEO of Earthcam
• Katheryn Curi, American racing cyclist
• Joanne Chory, Lebanese American molecular biologist and geneticist
• Clara Khoury, Palestinian-Israeli actress
• Elias James Corey, Lebanese American organic chemist, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1990
• Elias Khoury (lawyer), Palestinian-Israeli lawyer
• Elissa (Lebanese singer), Lebanese singer, full name Elissar Zakaria Khoury
• Emile Kuri, Lebanese Mexican Academy Award winner for Best Art Direction
•  [es], Lebanese Mexican mathematician
• Fadlo R. Khuri, Former chair at Emory University School of Medicine
• Elizabeth Khuri, co-founder of social website Goodreads
• Philip Khuri Hitti, Historian and professor at Harvard University
• Yusuf Al-Khuri, ancient translator and mathematician
• Adam Kury, bassist for American rock band Candlebox
• Faris al-Khoury, Syrian politician, former Prime Minister of Syria
• Fuad Khuri, Lebanese anthropologist
• Fuad Jorge Jury, Lebanese Argentine film director, known as Leonardo Favio
• George Khoury (author), writer in the field of comic books
• George Khoury, molecular biologist and chief of the molecular virology laboratory at the National Cancer Institute
• Huguette Khoury, known as Hughette Caland, French Lebanese painter
• , Lebanese Canadian co-founder of Zip2.com and X.com and high tech angel investor
• Donald Kouri, American physicist
• Giselle Khoury, Lebanese journalist and talk show host on BBC Arabic
• Ignatius Jacob I, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (r. 1510/1512–1517/1519)
• Joelle Khoury, Lebanese pianist, jazz and contemporary classical music composer
• Jowy Khoury, Lebanese actress
• Joyce El-Khoury, Lebanese-Canadian operatic soprano
• Pablo Kuri-Morales, Lebanese Mexican world health expert in pandemics
• Ken Khouri, Lebanese Jamaican pioneer record company owner and one of the first producers of reggae
• Makram Khoury, Palestinian-Israeli actor
• George Khoury, co-author and composer of No. 1 hit song "Sea of Love"
• Rabeeh Khoury, Palestinian-Israeli entrepreneur, founder of SolidRun
• Karyn Khoury, American award-winning perfumer
• Marwan Khoury, Lebanese singer, writer and composer
• Muin J. Khoury, American geneticist and epidemiologist
• Paul Khoury, Australian television personality and leading TV Host in the poker arena
• Philip S. Khoury, Dean of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences from 1991 to 2006
• Raymond Khoury, Lebanese screenwriter and novelist, author of the 2006 New York Times bestseller The Last Templar
• Rami George Khouri, journalist and editor with joint Palestinian-Jordanian and United States citizenship
• Said Khoury, Palestinian-Lebanese billionaire founder of Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC)
• Sari Ibrahim Khoury, Palestinian-born 20th century abstract visual artist
• Theodore Khoury, Lebanese-born German Catholic theologian
• Justin Khoury, Lebanese American physicist and cosmology researcher who introduced the ekpyrotic universe
• Walter Hugo Khouri, Brazilian film director and producer of the film Men and Woman
•  [it], Miss Lebanon 2011
• Zahi Khouri, Palestinian-American businessman, established Palestine National Beverage Company and PADICO
• Bechara El Khoury, first post-independence President of Lebanon
• Stephanie Korey, founder and CEO of Away travel brand
• Robert J. Coury, Executive Chairman and former CEO of Mylan Labs
• Frederick Koury, founder of City-As-School High School
• Mario El-Khoury, CEO of Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology
• Michael A. Khouri, Acting Chairman of the US Federal Maritime Commission
• Joseph S. Koury, Lebanese American real state developer, Koury Corporation
• Maurice J Koury, textile businessman and philanthropist

Surname list

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