Humby Family History
Humby Name Meaning
apparently from Humby (Lincs) or Hanby near Welton (Lincs); the latter is recorded as Hundebi and Humbi in 1086. The place-names probably derive from the Old Scandinavian personal name Hundi + Old Scandinavian bȳ ‘farmstead village’.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016