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Bibbye Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Bibby,' i.e. Isabella. There can be little doubt about this derivation. Bibby is a York and Lancaster surname, where Isabel was a prime favourite in the surname period. As Aggy (Agnes) became Taggy, so Ibby became Bibby.

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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354

Bibbye Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Bibby,' i.e. Isabella. There can be little doubt about this derivation. Bibby is a York and Lancaster surname, where Isabel was a prime favourite in the surname period. As Aggy (Agnes) became Taggy, so Ibby became Bibby. It seems clear that Bibby in Lancashire and Yorkshire has no connexion with the Leicestershire Beebys (v. Beebe) although some of the Beebys may now be represented by Bibby in the south of England.

Henricus Bibbe, 1397: Poll Tax of Yorkj.

Willelmus Biblie, 1370: ibid.

Richard le fix Bilby, Close Rolls, 17 Edward I.

1595. Thomas Bybie, Essex: Register of the University of Oxford.

Nicholas Bibby, of Openshaw, Lancashire, 1597: Wills at Chester.

Thomas Bibbie, of Pembertun, Lancashire, 1607: ibid.

1603. Buried — Susan, d. Adam Bibye: St. Mary Aldermary.

— — Adam Biby, ibid.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Fancifully derived from Old Norse bif, movement. Ferguson.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Bibby was the name of a tenant in Over Darwen before the reign of Henry VIII. (W. W.).

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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