Bagby
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Bagsby
Etymology
From the Old Norse personal name Baggi + býr (“farmstead”); compare Begbie, which shares the same etymology.
Proper noun
Bagby (countable and uncountable, plural Bagbys)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4680).
- An unincorporated community in Mariposa County, California, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Caroline County, Virginia, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bagby is the 6174th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5542 individuals. Bagby is most common among White (68.64%) and Black/African American (24.99%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bagby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 82.