Kirby
[ˈkɜːrbi]Meaning
english surname from a place name meaning "church settlement" in Old Norse
Background Story
Kirby is an English surname taken from a place name meaning "church settlement" in Old Norse. An earlier form, Kirkby, combines kirk, "church", with -by, "habitation". The surname is also recorded as an anglicisation of the Irish Ó Ciarmhaic, which also takes the form Kerwick. It briefly spiked in popularity for American girls in 1982, after the character Kirby Anders Colby was introduced to the soap opera Dynasty.
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