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[Facts] Post a Name and looking for origin
I am looking for the origin of my son's name Kilby, we took the name from a deceased Uncle of my husbands and supposedly the name comes from the name of a prison somewhere. Just wondering if you have heard of this name before and know any information regarding its origin.
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Once again turning to the trusty ol' lexicographers, Hanks & Hodges, the following etymology is given by them for the name of "Kilby":KILBY English: habitation name from a place in Leicestershire, recorded in Domesday Book as "Cilebi". It was probably originally named with the Old English elements of "cild" ("child") + "tun" ("enclosure, settlement"), the second element being later replaced by the equivalent Old Norse "byr".-- Nanaea
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AhInteresting
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Here is some materialHiI found this page which I think you would like to read even though it is concerned with Kilby as a surname, but it is an interesting page:http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~kilbyhr/origins.htmlKilby a first name seems to be of Teutonic origin. I am not really sure what it means and since my best guess is unpleasent I will hold my tongue for now.Yet, the Kabalarians have an article on this Teutonic name:
http://www.kabalarians.com/male/kilby.htm-Selwyn
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That Rootsweb page you found sounds more plausible to me.
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