Wetherby
English
Alternative forms
- Weatherbee, Weatherby, Weathersby, Wetherbee, Witherbee
Etymology
From Old Norse veðr (“wether (sheep)”) + býr (“farmstead”).
Proper noun
Wetherby (countable and uncountable, plural Wetherbys)
- A market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4048).
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Wetherby is the 29740th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 791 individuals. Wetherby is most common among White (94.69%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wetherby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.