Mellanby Family History

from Melmerby near Leyburn (NR Yorks) which is recorded as Melmerbi in 1086 Melmerby near Ripon (NR Yorks) which is recorded as Malmerbi in 1086 or perhaps from Melmerby (Cumb) which is recorded as Melmorby about 1210.

The place near Leyburn and the place in Cumb are named with the Old Scandinavian personal name Melmor (a borrowing of the Old Irish personal name Máelmuire) + Old Scandinavian bȳ ‘farmstead village’.

The place near Ripon is named with Old Scandinavian málmr ‘sand sandy field’ (genitive málmar) + bȳ.