Quarmby
English
editAlternative forms
edit- (surname): Wharmby
Etymology
editFrom Old Norse kvern (“millstone; quern, handmill”) + býr (“farmstead”).
Proper noun
editQuarmby (countable and uncountable, plural Quarmbys)
- A suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1116).
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Quarmby is the 7202nd most common surname in England, belonging to 913 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Quarmby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.