Battersby Family History
Battersby Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place called Battersby in North Yorkshire (probably the former name of Dunnow in Slaidburn rather than Battersby in Ingleby Greenhow). The placename comes from the genitive case of the Old Norse personal name Bǫthvarr (composed of the elements bathwa ‘battle’ + harjaz ‘warrior’) + Old Norse bȳ ‘settlement’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022