Rokeby
English
Etymology
From the Old Norse personal name Hroca, a byname from hrókr (“rook”), + bý (“farmstead”).[1]
Proper noun
Rokeby (countable and uncountable, plural Rokebys)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A deserted medieval village and civil parish in County Durham, England.
- A town in the Shire of Baw Baw, Victoria, Australia.
- A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Rokeby is the 542937th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 23 individuals.
References
- "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rokeby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears
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