Harby
English
editEtymology
editBoth placenames derive from Old Norse hjǫrð (“herd of cattle”) + bý (“farmstead”).
Proper noun
editHarby (countable and uncountable, plural Harbys)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village in Clawson, Hose and Harby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7431).
- A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England, on the Lincolnshire border (OS grid ref SK8770).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Harby is the 95545th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 191 individuals. Harby is most common among White (85.34%) and Black/African American (12.57%) individuals.
References
editFurther reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Harby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 129.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Leicestershire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Leicestershire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Nottinghamshire, England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Nottinghamshire, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old Norse