The kilby Surname
kilby Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from a place in Leicestershire, recorded
in Domesday Book as Cilebi. It was probably originally named
with the Old English elements cild (see Child) +
tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. Compare Chilton. The
second element was then replaced some time after the Danish invasions
by the Old Norse form býr.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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