The story
- Old Norse · derived frombýr“farmstead”
- Old English · derived fromfenn“fen, marsh”
- English todayFenby
Habitational surname from a village in Lincolnshire, from Old English fenn (“fen, marsh”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishfenn all →
VanceFentonfenFenwick
Old Norsebýr all →
rugbyAshbyCosbyApplebyBOEDenbyDigbyBarnabyDanbyBixbyKilbySaxbyKelbyWelbyBeebyMellanbyEllerbyAglionby-byby-CarperbyLoseby
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.