Beeby
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English bēo (“bee”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”).
Proper noun
editBeeby (countable and uncountable, plural Beebys)
- A village and civil parish in Charnwood district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK662640).
- A habitational surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Beeby is the 63698th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 313 individuals. Beeby is most common among White (93.61%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Beeby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Leicestershire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Leicestershire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- English surnames from Old Norse