Kirby

• (surname): Kerby

Originally Kirkby, from kirk (“church”) +‎ -by (“habitation”), "village with a church".

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɝbi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɜːbi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bi

Kirby (countable and uncountable, plural Kirbys)

1. An English placename.
   1. A hamlet in Clarington municipality, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.
   2. A number of places in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated census-designated place in Pike County, Arkansas.
      2. An unincorporated community in Van Buren Township, Monroe County, Indiana.
      3. An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Missouri.
      4. A former unincorporated community in Big Horn County, Montana.
      5. A village in Wyandot County, Ohio.
      6. A city in Bexar County, Texas.
      7. A town in Caledonia County, Vermont.
      8. An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
      9. An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
      10. A town in Hot Springs County, Wyoming.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English originally for a person from Kirby.

   John Kirby ― (name of a lawyer)

3. (countable) A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

• Kirkby

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