Blaby

English

Etymology

From the unattested Old Norse personal name *Blár, a byname from blár (“dark”), + bý (“farmstead”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bleɪbi/

Proper noun

Blaby (countable and uncountable, plural Blabys)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5697).
   2. A local government district in Leicestershire, formed in 1974 and named after the village, with its headquarters in Narborough.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Blaby is the 31980^th most common surname in England, belonging to 111 individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Blaby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 167.
• Forebears