Frisby
English
Etymology
From Old Norse frisir (“Frisians”) + býr (“settlement”).
Proper noun
Frisby (countable and uncountable, plural Frisbys)
- A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK707013). [1]
- An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Kentucky, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Frisby is the 8350th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3964 individuals. Frisby is most common among White (69.07%) and Black/African American (20.33%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Frisby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 606.