Kirby
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (surname): Kerby
Etymology edit
Originally Kirkby, from kirk (“church”) + -by (“habitation”), "village with a church".
Pronunciation edit
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɝbi/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɜːbi/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bi
Proper noun edit
Kirby (countable and uncountable, plural Kirbies)
- An English placename.
- A hamlet in Ontario, Canada.
- An unincorporated census-designated place in Pike County, Arkansas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Van Buren Township, Monroe County, Indiana, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Missouri, United States.
- A former unincorporated community in Big Horn County, Montana, United States.
- A village in Wyandot County, Ohio, United States.
- A city in Bexar County, Texas, United States.
- A town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A town in Hot Springs County, Wyoming, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English originally for a person from Kirby.
- John Kirby ― (name of a lawyer)
- (countable) A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Derived terms edit
- Cold Kirby
- Horton Kirby
- Kirby Bedon
- (from the surname): Kirby calculus
- Kirby Cane
- Kirby Cross
- Kirby Grindalythe
- Kirbyville
- West Kirby