Weatherby Name Meaning

The name Weatherby is of English origin, derived from Old Norse. It signifies 'settlement or farmstead by a wet or marshy place' (from Old Norse 'veðr' meaning 'wet' and 'býr' translating to 'farm'). This indicates that in the distant past, some families lived in such locations; hence the surname grew from it.

The name is a locational surname, meaning it probably started as a way to identify people who hailed from a particular place called Weatherby. There are areas named Weatherby in West Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, so the name may have originated from these rural areas of England.