Westby Family History
Westby Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Westby for example in Lancashire Lincolnshire and Yorkshire all named with Old Norse vestr ‘west western’ + bý ‘farmstead village’. Norwegian: habitational name from any of twenty or more farmsteads mainly in southeastern Norway named in Old Norse as Vestbýr a compound Old Norse vestr ‘west’ + býr ‘settlement’. Compare 1 above. Swedish: habitational or ornamental name of the same etymology as 2 above.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022