Hanbury Family History
Hanbury Name Meaning
English (West Midlands): habitational name from any of the places in Staffordshire and Worcestershire named Hanbury from Old English (æt thǣm) hēan byrig ‘(at the) high fortress’. In some cases it may also be from Handborough in Oxfordshire which is named from the Old English byname Hagena or Hana + beorg ‘hill’. Irish (Meath and Galway): adopted for Ó hAinmhire see Hansberry .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022