Ashbury

English

Etymology

The first element comes from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”), while the second element could be either from beorg (“mountain, hill”) or byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæʃbɛɹi/, /ˈæʃbəɹi/

Proper noun

Ashbury (countable and uncountable, plural Ashburys)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A small village in Northlew parish, West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5097).
   2. A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, on the boundary of Berkshire and Wiltshire, and historically in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU2685).
   3. A suburb of Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland.
   4. A suburb of Bloemfontein, Free State province, South Africa.
   5. A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia; a portmanteau of Ashfield and Canterbury.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Haight-Ashbury

 

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Ashbury is the 137532^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 166 individuals.

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ashbury”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 62.
• Forebears