"Kirby" meaning in All languages combined

See Kirby on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈkɝbi/ [US], /ˈkɜːbi/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kirby.wav Forms: Kirbys [plural], Kerby [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bi Etymology: Originally Kirkby, from kirk (“church”) + -by (“habitation”), "village with a church". Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|kirk|by|gloss1=church|gloss2=habitation}} kirk (“church”) + -by (“habitation”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~}} Kirby (countable and uncountable, plural Kirbys)
  1. An English placename.
    A hamlet in Clarington municipality, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Ontario, Canada, Villages in Canada, Villages in Ontario, Canada
    Sense id: en-Kirby-en-name-iVUXMLVd
  2. An English placename.
    A number of places in the United States:
    An unincorporated census-designated place in Pike County, Arkansas.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Census-designated places in Arkansas, USA, Places in Arkansas, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Kirby-en-name-Jum8RykN
  3. An English placename.
    A number of places in the United States:
    An unincorporated community in Van Buren Township, Monroe County, Indiana.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Indiana, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Indiana, USA
    Sense id: en-Kirby-en-name-2rTo7PPq
  4. An English placename.
    A number of places in the United States:
    An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Missouri.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Missouri, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Missouri, USA
    Sense id: en-Kirby-en-name-ih0TUC3P
  5. An English placename.
    A number of places in the United States:
    A former unincorporated community in Big Horn County, Montana.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Montana, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Kirby-en-name-apdOPR~c Categories (other): Former settlements
  6. An English placename.
    A number of places in the United States:
    A village in Wyandot County, Ohio.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Ohio, USA, Places in the United States, Villages in Ohio, USA, Villages in the United States
    Sense id: en-Kirby-en-name-7CNY6txf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -by, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 6 6 6 6 15 14 14 6 6 13 4 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -by: 7 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 9 6 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 5 5 5 5 16 16 16 5 5 15 3 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 5 5 5 5 17 17 17 5 5 15 3 2
  7. An English placename.
    A number of places in the United States:
    A city in Bexar County, Texas.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Cities in Texas, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Texas, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Kirby-en-name-wQpXTbCT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -by, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 6 6 6 6 15 14 14 6 6 13 4 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -by: 7 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 9 6 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 5 5 5 5 16 16 16 5 5 15 3 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 5 5 5 5 17 17 17 5 5 15 3 2
  8. An English placename.
    A number of places in the United States:
    A town in Caledonia County, Vermont.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Vermont, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Vermont, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Kirby-en-name-i29pI-40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -by, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 6 6 6 6 15 14 14 6 6 13 4 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -by: 7 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 9 6 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 5 5 5 5 16 16 16 5 5 15 3 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 5 5 5 5 17 17 17 5 5 15 3 2
  9. An English placename.
    A number of places in the United States:
    An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in West Virginia, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in West Virginia, USA
    Sense id: en-Kirby-en-name-91qOTCGd
  10. An English placename.
    A number of places in the United States:
    An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Wisconsin, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin, USA
    Sense id: en-Kirby-en-name-KFrmEP5g
  11. An English placename.
    A number of places in the United States:
    A town in Hot Springs County, Wyoming.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Wyoming, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Wyoming, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Kirby-en-name-o4YIeMrq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -by, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 6 6 6 6 15 14 14 6 6 13 4 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -by: 7 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 9 6 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 5 5 5 5 16 16 16 5 5 15 3 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 5 5 5 5 17 17 17 5 5 15 3 2
  12. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English originally for a person from Kirby. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Kirby-en-name-ol8YlARl Categories (other): English surnames
  13. (countable) A unisex given name transferred from the surname. Tags: countable Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, English male given names, English unisex given names Derived forms (from the surname): Kirby calculus, kirby grip, kirby pin
    Sense id: en-Kirby-en-name-2MFQ-55N Categories (other): English unisex given names from surnames Disambiguation of 'from the surname': 1 4 4 5 4 6 6 6 4 5 6 14 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Cold Kirby, Horton Kirby, Kirby Bedon, Kirby Cane, Kirby Cross, Kirby Grindalythe, Kirby Smithdom, Kirbyville, Kirby Wiske, West Kirby Related terms: Kirkby

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-20 using wiktextract (4eaa824 and ea19a0a). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.