Willoughby
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English
Etymology
From Old English weliġ (“willow”) and Old Norse byr (“settlement”).
Proper noun
Willoughby (countable and uncountable, plural Willoughbys)
- Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere:
- A village in Willoughby with Sloothby parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4771).
- A village and civil parish in Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP5167). [1]
- A city in Lake County, Ohio, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.
- A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.
- The City of Willoughby, a local government area in New South Wales, Australia, named after the suburb within it.
- A habitational surname.
- A male given name transferred from the surname
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Willoughby is the 2257th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 16111 individuals. Willoughby is most common among White (82.55%) and Black/African American (11.94%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Willoughby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.