The atteberry Surname
atteberry Name Meaning and History
English: topographic name from Middle English atte
bery. This generally denoted a servant ‘at the manor house’, but
the Middle English word bery also meant ‘castle’ or
‘stronghold’. In form it is from Old English byrig, dative
singular of burh ‘fortress’ or ‘fortified town’. (The
nominative case gave rise to the Middle English word burgh
‘borough’, ‘town’; compare Burroughs and Bury.)
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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