Bushby
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English
Etymology
From either an Old Norse personal name Butr or Old Norse buskr (“bush, shrub”) + býr (“settlement”).
Proper noun
Bushby (countable and uncountable, plural Bushbys)
- A village in Thurnby and Bushby parish, Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6504).
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bushby is the 83226th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 226 individuals. Bushby is most common among White (91.59%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bushby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 259.