Given name & surname · also Old English
Ellerby
“farmstead; settlement”
Ellerby is a surname from Old English, ultimately from Old Norse.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ellerby goes back to Old Norse býr, meaning “farmstead; settlement.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Ellerby comes from Old English, and ultimately from Old Norse.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ellerby’s family of names
In English usage, Ellerby as a surname has a related form in ELLERBEE.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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