Etymology

Grigsby

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Today it means: A surname from Old Norse. Full definition →

Old Norse bý
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived frombý“farmstead”
  2. English todayGrigsby

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Lincolnshire, from an unclear first element + Old Norse bý (“farmstead”).

Words from the same roots

Old Norsebý all →

Wilby

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.