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English
Etymology
From Old English sūþ (“south”) and Old Norse býr (“farm, town”).[1]
The surname presumably comes from a now defunct placename in England.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sotheby
- A habitational surname from Old English.
References
- ^ P. Hanks, R. Coates, and P. McClure (2016) “{{{head}}}”, in The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2494