Busby

See also: busby

English

Alternative forms

• Buzby

Etymology

From Old Norse buskr (“bush”) + býr (“homestead, village”).

Proper noun

Busby (countable and uncountable, plural Busbys)

1. A place name:
   1. A suburban village in East Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5756).
   2. A hamlet in Westlock County, Alberta, Canada.
   3. Synonym of Umpire, Arkansas.
   4. An unincorporated community in Elk County, Kansas, United States.
   5. A census-designated place in Big Horn County, Montana, United States.
   6. A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, named after James Busby.
2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Derived terms

• Busby Babe

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Busby is the 2320^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 15754 individuals. Busby is most common among Hispanic/Latino (90.65%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Busby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 259.

Anagrams

• subby