Thirlby

English

Etymology

From the Old Norse personal name Þrilli or Þrylli + býr (“village, settlement”).

Proper noun

Thirlby (countable and uncountable, plural Thirlbys)

1. A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE485839).
2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Thirlby is the 21240^th most common surname in England, belonging to 207 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Thirlby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.