Westbury

English

Etymology

From Old English west (“west”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”), alternatively west +‎ -bury.

Proper noun

Westbury (countable and uncountable, plural Westburys)

1. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6235).
2. A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3509).
3. A town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST868511).
4. A suburb of Limerick, within County Clare, Ireland.
5. A township municipality in Le Haut-Saint-François regional county municipality, Quebec, Canada.
6. A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.
7. A village in the town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, Long Island, New York, United States.
8. A hamlet in the towns of Victory, Cayuga County and Butler, Wayne County, New York.
9. A neighbourhood in south-west Houston, Texas, United States.
10. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
11. A town in Meander Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.
12. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Westbury-on-Severn
• Westbury-on-Trym
• Westbury-sub-Mendip

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Westbury is the 26598^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 916 individuals. Westbury is most common among White (88.54%) individuals.

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Westbury”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.