Given name & surname · also Old English
Fenby
“fen, marsh”
Fenby is a surname from Old English (ultimately Old Norse).
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Fenby comes from Old English, and ultimately from Old Norse.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English fenn (“fen, marsh”), from Old Norse býr (“farmstead”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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