Bielby

English

Alternative forms

• Beilby

Etymology

From the Old Norse personal name Beli + býr (“farmstead; settlement”).

Proper noun

Bielby (countable and uncountable, plural Bielbys)

1. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE788435).
2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bielby is the 46902^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 453 individuals. Bielby is most common among White (95.58%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bielby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 156.

Anagrams

• Beilby, Libbey