Warboys

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Worboise, Worboyes, Worboys

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Wardeboys; the placename is recorded in the Domesday Book as Wardebusc, suggesting a derivation from Old Norse varði (“beacon; landmark”) + buskr (“brushwood, bush”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːbɔɪz/

Proper noun

Warboys (countable and uncountable, plural Warboyses)

1. A village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL315797).
2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Warboys is the 15890^th most common surname in England, belonging to 320 individuals.

Further reading

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