Scantlebury Family History
Scantlebury Name Meaning
English (Cornwall): variant of Canterbury found in Zennor (Cornwall) in the early 14th century. Early forms of the name may have been influenced by the southwestern English dialect word scantle ‘irregular roofing slate’ while the oldest forms without the final syllable also often have -e- in the first syllable which suggests that the name was at first (mis)understood as if containing Cornish skentyl ‘wise’ and bew ‘life’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022