Bigby

English

Etymology

From the Old Norse personal name Bekki + býr (“settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Bigby (plural Bigbys)

1. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bigby is the 21483^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1216 individuals. Bigby is most common among Black/African American (51.48%) and White (31.83%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bigby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 158.

Anagrams

• Gibby