Sorby Family History
Sorby Name Meaning
Norwegian (Sørby): habitational name from any of fifteen or more farmsteads in southeastern Norway most of them variants of Sørbø (see Sorbo ) with Old Norse býr ‘farm settlement’ as the final element. In some cases the first element may be sør ‘south’. English (Yorkshire): variant of Sowerby .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022