Släkthistoria för Fearby
Fearby Vad efternamn betyder
from Fearby (NR Yorks) which is recorded as Federbi in 1086 Fetherby in 1184 Fegherbi in 1204 and Faireby in 123 The place-name derives from Old Scandinavian bý ‘farmstead settlement’ with an uncertain first element possibly Old Scandinavian fioðer ‘four’ (earlier *feðuru) or possibly Old English feðer or Old Scandinavian fjǫðr ‘feather’.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
