Ornsby Family History
Ornsby Name Meaning
from Ornsby Hill (Durham) which is recorded as Ormysby in 1408 and Ornesby in 1657. The place-name derives from the Old Scandinavian personal name Ormr + Old Scandinavian bȳ ‘farmstead village’. Compare Ormsby .
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016