Grimoldby
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English
Etymology
From the Old Norse personal name Grimaldi + býr (“farmstead”).
Proper noun
Grimoldby (countable and uncountable, plural Grimoldbys)
- A village and civil parish (served by Grimoldby and Manby Parish Council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3988).
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Grimoldby is the 36944th most common surname in England, belonging to 89 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Grimoldby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 86.