Släkthistoria för Labey
Labey Vad efternamn betyder
as a Channel Islands name and perhaps also as an English name this is the French surname Labaye a reduced form of Old French del abbeie ‘of the abbey’. Otherwise the English name might be a survival of medieval English use of the equivalent Anglo-Norman French name a variant of Abbey (1).alternatively the Channel Islands surname and perhaps the English name is the French surname Labbé a nickname from Old French l'abbe ‘the abbot’. Otherwise the English name might be a survival of medieval English use of the Anglo-Norman French l'abbé with fused French definite article. Compare the Devon example cited under Abbey (2).
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016