Ashby

English

Etymology

From Old English æsċ (“ashtree”) + Old Norse býr (“farm, town”).

Proper noun

Ashby

1. A surname.
2. A male given name
3. Clipping of Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
4. A southern suburb of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE8908).
5. A locality and former civil parish, now in Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4899).
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
   2. A minor city in Grant County, Minnesota.
   3. An unincorporated community in Grant County, Nebraska.
   4. An unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Virginia.
   5. An unincorporated community in Warren County, Virginia.
7. Former name of Geelong West, Victoria, Australia.
8. A suburb of Perth, in the City of Wanneroo, Western Australia.

Derived terms

• Ashby-de-la-Zouch
• Ashby Magna
• Ashby Woulds
• Castle Ashby
• Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet

Anagrams

• bashy