Stainsby Family History
Stainsby Name Meaning
from Stainsby in Stainton (NR Yorks) which is recorded as Steinesbi in 1086. The place-name derives from the Old Scandinavian personal name Steinn (genitives Steinns) + Old Scandinavian bȳ ‘farmstead village’. from Stainsby (Lincs) which is recorded as Stauenesbi in 1175–78. The place-name derives from the Old Scandinavian personal name Stafn (genitive Stafns) + Old Scandinavian bȳ ‘farmstead village’. from Stainsby in Ault Hucknall (Derbys) which is recorded as Steinesbi in 1086. The place-name has the same etymology as that in (1).
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016