Bowlby Family History
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Bowlby Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Boulby in North Yorkshire or Bulby in Lincolnshire, both of which are named with the Old Norse byname Boli (from boli ‘bull’) + Old Norse býr ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Bowley, Bielby, Bilby, Colby, Howley, Dalby, Bodley, Milby, Rowley