English: habitational name from North Ferriby in East Yorkshire or
South Ferriby in Lincolnshire, both named from Old Norse ferja
‘ferry’ + býr ‘farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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