Släkthistoria för Wigby
Wigby Vad efternamn betyder
probably an alterered form of Whitby with substitution of /k/ for /t/ and later voicing of /k/ to /g/. Compare Robert Wickby 1605 Robert Whitby 1608 in IGI (each recorded as a parent in Saint Michael at Plea Norwich Norfolk) and compare Robert Whitby 1715 in IGI (Saint Nicholas Liverpool Lancs) and Sarah Whitby 1787 in IGI (Hornchurch Essex) with the early bearers cited below.
Källa: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021
