Tebay Family History
Tebay Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Tebay in Cumbria. The placename derives from the Old English personal name Tib(b)a + Old English ēg ‘island’. Altered form of German Tiebe from a short form of several names formed with theod ‘people’ as the first element. Compare Diebel Tebbe .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022