Ranby

English

Alternative forms

(surname): Ramsby, Rumsby

Etymology

From the Old Norse personal name Randi + býr (“village, settlement”).[1]

Proper noun

Ranby (countable and uncountable, plural Ranbys)

(uncountable) A placename:
1. A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2278).
2. A village in Babworth civil parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6580).
(countable) A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Ranby is the 20991^st most common surname in England, belonging to 211 individuals.

References

"Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ranby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Forebears

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