English Explanatory Dictionary

Ormsby

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old Norse.
  2. A city in Martin County, Minnesota, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States.

Word forms

Ormsby Ormsbys

Etymology

Habitational surname from the village of South Ormsby in Lincolnshire, from the Old Norse personal name Ormr + býr (“village”). Compare Ormesby.

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