Worby Family History
Worby Name Meaning
English (Suffolk):: habitational name from Warboys in Huntingdonshire named from the Old English personal name Wearda + Old English busc ‘bush’ or perhaps Latin boscus ‘wood’ with influence from Old French bois ‘wood’. nickname used to describe a forester or officer in charge of a forest from Old Parisian French garder Norman warder ‘to guard’ + bois ‘wood’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022