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The meaning of Ashby. English: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern and eastern England called Ashby, from Old Norse askr ‘ash’ (or in one instance possibly from the Old Norse personal name Aski) + bȳ ‘farm’. Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.
Ashby Name Meaning. English: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern and eastern England called Ashby, from Old Norse askr ‘ash’ (or in one instance possibly from the Old Norse personal name Aski) + bȳ ‘farm’.
Ashby, an assistant professor of physics during his tenure here, was founder and former president of the Kalamazoo Amateur Astronomy Association. A son, Frederick Ashby, is an ensign in the navy. This certainly supports what I was told in Bronson Park, but I still wasn’t 100% convinced.
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Ashby Name Meaning. English: habitational name from any of the numerous places in northern and eastern England called Ashby, from Old Norse askr ‘ash’ or the Old Norse personal name Aski + býr ‘farm’. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press.
Origin. Ashby : English: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern and eastern England called Ashby from Old Norse askr ‘ash’ (or in one instance possibly from the Old Norse personal name Aski) + bȳ ‘farm’.
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This is a locational name which derives from one of the several places in England called Ashby or from residence at a farm (byr) amongst ash trees or owned by one called "Ash". In this case "Ash" is a personal name which like "byr" or "by" is of Norse-Viking origins, from the pre 9th Century period.
