Welby Family History
Welby Name Meaning
English: habitational name from either of two places called Welby one in Leicestershire and one in Lincolnshire. The Lincolnshire placename derives from Old English wella ‘well spring stream’ + Old Norse bý ‘farmstead village’. The Leicestershire placename is recorded as Alebi in 1086 and Welby in 1518 and derives from the Old Norse personal name Áli + Old Norse bý. The name is established in Ireland (Galway).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022