The kirby Surname
kirby Name Meaning and History
- English: habitational name from any of the numerous places in northern England called Kirby or Kirkby, from Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + býr ‘settlement’.
- Irish: adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Garmhaic ‘descendant of Ciarmhac’, a personal name meaning ‘dark son’. Compare Kerwick.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| KIRBY, Addie T 1856 1936 mother |
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| KIRBY, Thos A 1851 1884 father |
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| KIRBY, Clara 1879 1879 |
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| Kirbys in Virginia | Kevin L. Kirby | 35 |
| Kirby from Snaith, Yorkshire c1766 |
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| kirby family in kentucky | dorothy viola kirby junior | 14 |
| Thomas J Kirby |
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| Brunswick Co NC Kirby's | Brian Kirby | 7 |
| Kirby Family Lewis A Kirby |
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| William Henry Kirby of Strood or Chatham in Kent |
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