ByqvistSwedish Derived from Swedish by (Old Norse býr) meaning "village" and qvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".
ByströmSwedish From Swedish by (Old Norse býr) meaning "village" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".
CrosbyEnglish From the name of various towns in England, derived from Old Norse kross "cross" (a borrowing from Latin crux) and býr "farm, settlement".
DumasFrench Means "from the farm", from Occitan mas "farmhouse", from Latin mansus "dwelling". A famous bearer was the French author Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870).
GagneuxFrench Derived from Old French gagnier meaning "to farm, to cultivate".
GrangerEnglish, French Means "farm bailiff" from Old French grangier, ultimately from Latin granum meaning "grain". It is borne in the Harry Potter novels by Harry's friend Hermione Granger.
GrieveScottish Occupational name meaning "steward, farm manager" in Middle English, related to the German title Graf.
HoferGerman Occupational name for a farmer, from German Hof"farm", from Old High German hof "yard, court".
HuberGerman Occupational name for a farmer, derived from Old High German huoba"plot of land, farm".
KirbyEnglish From numerous towns in northern England named Kirby or Kirkby, derived from Old Norse kirkja "church" and býr "farm, settlement".
NicklebyLiterature Created by Charles Dickens for the title character in his novel Nicholas Nickleby (1839). He probably based it on Nicol, a medieval vernacular form of Nicholas, with the common English place name suffix -by, which is derived from Old Norse býr meaning "farm, settlement".
RigbyEnglish Originally derived from the name of a town in Lancashire, itself from Old Norse hryggr "ridge" and býr "farm, settlement".
VerhoevenDutch Means "from the farm" in Dutch, derived from hoeve "farm", and so indicated a person who lived on a farm.
VilarPortuguese, Galician, Catalan Means "hamlet, farm" in Portuguese, Galician and Catalan, from Late Latin villare, a derivative of Latin villa.