Blaby

From the unattested Old Norse personal name *Blár, a byname from blár (“dark”), + bý (“farmstead”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbleɪbi/
• Rhymes: -eɪbi

Blaby (countable and uncountable, plural Blabys)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5697). ^[1]
   2. A local government district of Leicestershire, formed in 1974 and named after the village, with its headquarters in Narborough.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old Norse.

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Blaby is the 31980^th most common surname in England, belonging to 111 individuals.

• Survey of English Place-Names

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Blaby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 167.
• Forebears