Hanbury

H4A1N1B3U1R1Y4

proper noun

A village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1727).

OriginOld English hēan →
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Meanings

Hanbury1

proper noun
  1. A village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1727).
  2. A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref S09664).
  3. A settlement in Harley, Timiskaming District, north-east Ontario, Canada.

Hanbury2

proper nounHanbury (plural Hanburys)

plural Hanburys

  1. A surname.

Origin

Hanbury · proper noun

  1. Old Englishhēan
  2. EnglishHanbury

From Old English hēan, accusative, dative and genitive case of hēah (“high”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

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Hanbury · proper noun

  1. IrishÓ hAinmhire“descendant of Ainmhire”
  2. EnglishHanbury

Two main origins: * Habitational surname of Old English origin, from either of the two villages in England. * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAinmhire (“descendant of Ainmhire”), a personal name composed of the elements ain- (“bad, unnatural”) + mire (“madness, frenzy, mania”).

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APA

Hanbury. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hanbury

MLA

“Hanbury.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hanbury. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hanbury,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hanbury.

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