The wilby Surname
wilby Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from any of the places called Wilby, in
Suffolk, Norfolk, and Northamptonshire. The first is probably named
from an Old English wilig ‘willow’ + Old English beag
‘circle’; the second has the same first element + Old Norse
býr ‘farmstead’ or Old English beag, and the last
is named with the Old English or Old Scandinavian personal name
Villi + býr.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 27 - Messages: 110
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Re: Wilby's from Suffolk, England |
 koala8tourist
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| Wilby family tree | Margaret Wilby | 29 |
| WILBY in Dickleburgh, Diss, Norfolk, UK | James Wilby | 2 |
| Harry Wilby in 1911 Ireland census |
debdonnelly1
| 2 |
| where are my relatives | karen wilby-riddell | 22 |
| WILBY, Henry Edward | kathy hart | 4 |
| John Wilby, Burgate, Suffolk |
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| Wilby's in Christchurch, Hampshire? |
tracyheritage
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| George Wilby, Victoria Aus. | Keith Wilby | 7 |
| Wilson Wilby married 1897 Ontario, Canada to Jane A. M. Musson |
BarbaraCady73
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