Given name & surname

Bigby

“settlement, town”

Bigby is a surname from Old Norse.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Bigby goes back to a word meaning “settlement, town.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Bigby comes from Old Norse.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Bigby’s family of names

Bigby may belong to the same name family as BIGBEE. This is a tentative spelling connection.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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Similar names

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Old Norse

Bagby

“farmstead”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Bielby

“farmstead; settlement”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Beeby

“bee”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Buckby

“settlement”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Burby

Burby is a surname, probably from Old Norse.

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Bushby

“bush, shrub”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Biggar

“barley”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Birghir

Birghir is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Old Swedish.

No U.S. birth series

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