Ashby.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
A male given name.
Clipping of Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
A southern suburb of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE8908).
A locality and former civil parish, now in Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4899).
A number of places in the United States: A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Grant County, Minnesota.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Grant County, Nebraska.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Virginia.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Warren County, Virginia.
A locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Former name of Geelong West, Victoria, Australia.
A suburb of Perth in the City of Wanneroo, Western Australia.
Where this word comes from
From Old English æsċ (“ashtree”) + Old Norse býr (“farm, town”).
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