Blaby

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English

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 Blaby on Wikipedia
 Blaby District on Wikipedia

Etymology

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From the unattested Old Norse personal name *Blár, a byname from blár (dark), + (farmstead).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Blaby (countable and uncountable, plural Blabys)

  1. (uncountable) A placename:
    1. A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5697).
    2. A local government district in Leicestershire, formed in 1974 and named after the village, with its headquarters in Narborough.
  2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

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  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Blaby is the 31980th most common surname in England, belonging to 111 individuals.

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