Ashby

Common British placename

Ashby is an English place name and surname, from Old English meaning "ash tree farm" or "settlement by the ash trees." Several towns in England bear the name, most notably Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire.

As a given name, Ashby is uncommon but occasionally used for both boys and girls.

placename

village

Small rural community

parish · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Northamptonshire · Derbyshire · England · locality · district · landmark · historic

surname

Ashton

English place name

Ashcroft · patronymic · genealogy · ancestry · lineage · heritage · family tree · pedigree · descendants · kinship

Opposites
name type

Ashbyfirst name

Personal name, not surname

given name · Christian name · forename · personal name · baptismal name

Family

Whitby, Grimsby

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