The story
- Old Norse · derived frombýr“farm”
- English todayBoe
* As a Swedish surname, from bo (“farm”). * As a Norwegian surname, from Bø, Bøe, from Old Norse býr (“farm”), related to above. * As a Danish surname, from Bo, from the Norse name Búi. * As a Dutch and German surname, reduced from Bode. * As a West Frisian surname, from the name Boye.
Words from the same roots
Old Norsebýr all →
rugbyAshbyCosbyApplebyDenbyDigbyBarnabyDanbyBixbyKilbySaxbyKelbyWelbyBeebyMellanbyEllerbyAglionbyFenby-byby-CarperbyLoseby
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.