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Help[Surname] Re: Gormsby
in reply to a message by Gormsby Wannabe
It looks to me to be a combination of "Gorm-" found in several Irish names meaning something like "blue" or "dark" and the Viking English suffix "-by" meaning "farm" or "place" ...
It could be a real surname, but I haven't found it anywhere but in fiction ...
It could be a real surname, but I haven't found it anywhere but in fiction ...
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The suffix 'by' means 'town' or 'city' in Danish. Gorm is a Danish male name.
Gormsby would mean 'The city/town of Gorm'. At least if it's taken from the Danish meaning.
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Gormsby would mean 'The city/town of Gorm'. At least if it's taken from the Danish meaning.
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This message was edited 11/7/2006, 3:51 PM
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