Bushby

English

Etymology

From either an Old Norse personal name Butr or Old Norse buskr (“bush, shrub”) + býr (“settlement”).

Proper noun

Bushby (countable and uncountable, plural Bushbys)

1. A village in Thurnby and Bushby parish, Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6504).
2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bushby is the 83226^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 226 individuals. Bushby is most common among White (91.59%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bushby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 259.