Hornsby Family History
Hornsby Name Meaning
English (Durham and Northumberland): habitational name from Hornsby in Cumwhitton (Cumberland) recorded as Ormesby c. 1210 (compare Ormsby ) but later acquiring the prosthetic initial H-. The placename derives from the Old Norse personal name Ormr ‘serpent’ (see Orme ) + Old Norse bȳ ‘farmstead village’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022