English Explanatory Dictionary

Wilby

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village in Quidenham parish, Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM0389).
  3. A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8666).
  4. A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2472).
  5. A town in the Shire of Moira, Victoria, Australia.
  6. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Missouri, United States.
  7. A habitational surname, from any of the three English villages.

Word forms

Wilby Wilbys

Etymology

Various origins: * The village in Norfolk is named with Old English welig (“willow”) + Old Norse bý (“farmstead”). * The village in Northamptonshire is named with the Old Norse personal name Villi + bý (“farmstead”). * The village in Suffolk is named with Old English welig (“willow”) + bēag (“ring, circle”).

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