Harby
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English
Etymology
Both placenames derive from Old Norse hjǫrð (“herd of cattle”) + bý (“farmstead”).
Proper noun
Harby (countable and uncountable, plural Harbys)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village in Clawson, Hose and Harby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7431).
- A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England, on the Lincolnshire border (OS grid ref SK8770).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Harby is the 95545th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 191 individuals. Harby is most common among White (85.34%) and Black/African American (12.57%) individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Harby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 129.