Given name & surname
Kirkby
Kirkby is a surname from Old Norse.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Old Norse kirkja+býr, built from English kirk + by.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Similar names
If you love Kirkby, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
“millstone; quern, handmill”
—
Kille is a surname with more than one origin.
50% boys · 50% girls
“the peaceful one” · “the calm, the peaceful”
60% boys · 40% girls
Källi is a surname, possibly from Old Swedish, ultimately from Old Norse. It is used in Finnish.
—
Sibling ideas
Names that share Kirkby’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.