Looby

See also: looby

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Lúbaigh (“descendant of Lúbach”), a byname originally applied to a cunning person, from lúbach (“looped, coiled; crafty, tricky”).

Proper noun

Looby (plural Loobys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Looby is the 25503^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 969 individuals. Looby is most common among White (83.38%) and Black/African American (11.97%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Looby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 458.

Anagrams

• booly