The kirby Surname
kirby Name Meaning and History
- English: habitational name from any of the numerous places in northern England called Kirby or Kirkby, from Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + býr ‘settlement’.
- Irish: adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Garmhaic ‘descendant of Ciarmhac’, a personal name meaning ‘dark son’. Compare Kerwick.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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