Willoughby

English

Etymology

From Old English weliġ (“willow”) and Old Norse byr (“settlement”).

Proper noun

Willoughby (countable and uncountable, plural Willoughbys)

1. Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere:
   1. A village in Willoughby with Sloothby parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4771).
   2. A village and civil parish in Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP5167).
   3. A city in Lake County, Ohio, United States.
   4. An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.
   5. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.
   6. The City of Willoughby, a local government area in New South Wales, Australia, named after the suburb within it.
2. A habitational surname.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Willoughby is the 2257^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 16111 individuals. Willoughby is most common among White (82.55%) and Black/African American (11.94%) individuals.

References

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