Blaby
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English
Etymology
From the unattested Old Norse personal name *Blár, a byname from blár (“dark”), + bý (“farmstead”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Blaby (countable and uncountable, plural Blabys)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5697).
- A local government district in Leicestershire, formed in 1974 and named after the village, with its headquarters in Narborough.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Blaby is the 31980th most common surname in England, belonging to 111 individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Blaby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 167.
- Forebears