Battersby

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Battersbee

Etymology

From Old Norse Boðvar (“a personal name”) + -s- + býr (“settlement”).

Proper noun

Battersby (countable and uncountable, plural Battersbys)

1. A village in Ingleby Greenhow parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ5907).
2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Derived terms

• Battersby Junction

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Battersby is the 27974^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 857 individuals. Battersby is most common among White (93.93%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Battersby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 114.