Given name & surname

Whisby

“white”·“farmstead”

Whisby is a surname from Old Norse.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Whisby is built from elements meaning “white” and “farmstead”.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Whisby comes from Old Norse.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Whisby’s family of names

In English usage, Whisby as a surname has a related form in WISBEY.

Walk Whisby’s family in the name graph

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Nicknames & forms 1

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Similar names

If you love Whisby, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old Norse

Whidby

“white town”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Whinery

“gorse, furze”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Whitgift

“gift, dowry”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Frisby

“Frisians” · “settlement”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Thursby

“Thor” · “town, settlement”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Thirlby

“village, settlement”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Grigsby

“farmstead”

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Old Norse

Hanby

“farmstead, settlement”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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