Frisby
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse frisir (“Frisians”) + býr (“settlement”).
Proper noun
[edit]Frisby (countable and uncountable, plural Frisbys)
- A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK707013).
- An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Kentucky, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Frisby is the 8350th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3964 individuals. Frisby is most common among White (69.07%) and Black/African American (20.33%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Frisby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 606.
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Leicestershire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Leicestershire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Unincorporated communities in Kentucky, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Kentucky, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old Norse