indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsThursby, Thoresby, Thorisbye, Thorby, Thorlby, Thoresby, Thoresbie, Thirby, Thurby, Thurbie
Meaning & History
habitational name from North and South Thoresby (Lincolnshire) Thoresby in Carperby (North Yorkshire) or Thoresby in Perlethorpe cum Budby (Nottinghamshire). The Lincolnshire and Yorkshire placenames derive from the Old Norse personal name Thorir (genitive Thoris) + Old Norse býr "farmstead village". The Nottinghamshire placename derives from the Old Norse personal name Thur (genitive Thurs) + Old Norse býr. Variant of Thursby.