Släkthistoria för Hensby
Hensby Vad efternamn betyder
from Hemsby (Norfolk) with assimilation of [m] to the following alveolar [s]. The place-name is recorded as Heimesbei in 1086 and probably derives from the Old Scandinavian personal name Heimir (genitive Heimis) + Old Scandinavian bȳ ‘farmstead village’.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
