Battersby
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Battersbee
Etymology
From Old Norse Boðvar (“a personal name”) + -s- + býr (“settlement”).
Proper noun
Battersby (countable and uncountable, plural Battersbys)
- A village in Ingleby Greenhow parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ5907).
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Battersby is the 27974th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 857 individuals. Battersby is most common among White (93.93%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Battersby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 114.