The hornsby Surname
hornsby Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from a place in Cumbria, so called from
the genitive case of the Old Norse byname Ormr ‘serpent’ (see
Orme 1) + Old Norse býr ‘farm’, ‘settlement’. The
form of the name seems to have been influenced by confusion with
Hornby. The surname is widespread in northern England.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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