The willoughby Surname
willoughby Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from any of the various places called
Willoughby, for example in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire,
Nottinghamshire, and Warwickshire. They are named from an Old English
wilig ‘willow’ + Old Norse býr ‘farm’, ‘settlement’,
or perhaps in some cases from wilig + Old English
beag ‘ring’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 412 - Messages: 1198
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Willam Willoughby - Oliver Willoughby/Sarah Moraga, Ventura, Ca | Kathy Tucker | 1 |
| Children of William Willoughby and Sarah Tarlington |
 goghwolfe
| 21 |
| Willoughby/Griswold |
jdgde
| 2 |
| Willoughby Family from Fawley near Wantage, Berkshire / Oxfordshire |
honeybee50
| 6 |
| Willoughby in Oxfordshire |
Selina93659
| 5 |
| Thomas Willoughby b.1773 m. Nancy Chambers b.c1777 (Willoughbys:TN>IL>IN>ID) | Cathy Bergey | 14 |
| William Willoughby Ireland>US 1735-1794 | Leigh Willoughby | 4 |
| Minnie and Ollie Willoughby | Jack | 2 |
| WILLOUGHBY Ed 1890-1942 |
t42RoseHill
| 0 |
| Reply to message #71 Pam Guay | Bob Willoughby | 1 |
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