Harby.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: A village in Clawson, Hose and Harby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7431).
A placename: A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England, on the Lincolnshire border (OS grid ref SK8770).
A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Where this word comes from
Both placenames derive from Old Norse hjǫrð (“herd of cattle”) + bý (“farmstead”).
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