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[Facts] Re: Post a Name and looking for origin
Once again turning to the trusty ol' lexicographers, Hanks & Hodges, the following etymology is given by them for the name of "Kilby":KILBY English: habitation name from a place in Leicestershire, recorded in Domesday Book as "Cilebi". It was probably originally named with the Old English elements of "cild" ("child") + "tun" ("enclosure, settlement"), the second element being later replaced by the equivalent Old Norse "byr".-- Nanaea
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