Groby

See also: groby

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Old Norse gróf (“pit, hollow, gully”) býr (“farmstead”).

Proper noun

Groby (countable and uncountable, plural Grobys)

1. A village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5207).
2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Groby is the 147253^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 112 individuals. Groby is most common among White (89.29%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Groby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 87.