Hamby
Hamby is a Danish and English surname.
Meaning of Hamby : habitational name from Hanby near Welton le Marsh, in Lincolnshire, which is named from the Old Norse personal name Hundi + Old Norse býr ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’. Perhaps an altered spelling of French Hambye, a habitational name from a place in Manche.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Anthony Freskyn Charles Hamby Chaplin, 3rd Viscount Chaplin, amateur zoologist and musician
- Barbara Hamby, American poet, fiction writer, editor and critic
- Dearica Hamby, American women's basketball player
- Jeannette Hamby, American politician and nurse
- Jessica Hamby, fictional character in the True Blood series
- Jim Hamby, American baseball player
- Priscilla Hamby, American illustrator and comic book artist
- Roger Hamby, former NASCAR Cup Series driver
- Andrew "Hamby" Hamby, Head TA for CS 1332