English (rare in England): apparently a habitational name from
Huccaby in Devon, possibly so named from Old English woh
‘crooked’ + byge ‘river bend’, or Uckerby in North Yorkshire,
named with an unattested Old Norse personal name, Úkyrri or
Útkári, + býr ‘farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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