The bye Surname
bye Name Meaning and History
- English: topographic name for someone who lived near a bend, for example in a river, from Middle English bye ‘bend’ (from Old English byge, a derivative of bugan ‘to bow’). Reaney suggests that occasionally it may be from an Old English personal name of obscure origin.
- Norwegian and Swedish: habitational name from any of various farms named By, from Old Norse býr ‘farm’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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