Warboys
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
The placename is recorded in the Domesday Book as Wardebusc, suggesting a derivation from Old Norse varði (“beacon; landmark”) + buskr (“brushwood, bush”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɔːbɔɪz/
Proper noun
Warboys (countable and uncountable, plural Warboyses)
- A village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL315797).
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Warboys is the 15890th most common surname in England, belonging to 320 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Warboys”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.