Spelling variations of this family name include: Labrie, Labre, Labree, Labret, L'Abri, Brie, DeBrie, Debrie, Dubray, Brehaut, Briart and many more.

First found in Lorraine where this distinguished family were anciently seated, and the main stem of this aristocratic family were elevated to the nobility on the 4th July 1622.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Cecily Labree landed in America in 1704; Charles Labre settled in Quebec in 1760 from Poitou on the west coast of France.