Rokeby
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Old Norse personal name Hroca, a byname from hrókr (“rook”), + bý (“farmstead”).[1]
Proper noun[edit]
Rokeby (countable and uncountable, plural Rokebys)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A deserted medieval village and civil parish in County Durham, England.
- A town in the Shire of Baw Baw, Victoria, Australia.
- A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics[edit]
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Rokeby is the 542937th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 23 individuals.
References[edit]
- ^ "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rokeby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Ancient settlements
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in County Durham, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Towns in Victoria
- en:Towns in Australia
- en:Places in Victoria
- en:Places in Australia
- en:Villages in Saskatchewan
- en:Villages in Canada
- en:Places in Saskatchewan
- en:Places in Canada
- en:Unincorporated communities in Nebraska, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Nebraska, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old Norse