Grimoldby

English

Etymology

From the Old Norse personal name Grimaldi + býr (“farmstead”).

Proper noun

Grimoldby (countable and uncountable, plural Grimoldbys)

1. A village and civil parish (served by Grimoldby and Manby Parish Council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3988).
2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Grimoldby is the 36944^th most common surname in England, belonging to 89 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Grimoldby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 86.