Meaning and background
The story behind Quimby
Quimby has a documented English habitational surname history. The Dictionary of American Family Names connects it with Whenby in North Yorkshire and analyzes that place through Old Norse elements involving women and a farmstead or village. The explanation belongs to the place name before its use as a surname. It can supply family-history context without implying a direct descriptive meaning for every modern Quimby or pet bearing the spelling.
- Origin
- English habitational surname from Whenby in North Yorkshire, whose Old Norse elements concern women and a settlement. Source
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