Glasby

surname · Latin script

Meaning: reduced form of Gillespie

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈɡɫæsbi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Glasby is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.

rarermore common
  • GBUnited Kingdom
  • USUnited States
  • AUAustralia

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

reduced form of Gillespie.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000John Glasby, b. 1928Ian Glasby, b. 1931Geoffrey Philip Glasby, b. 1944Tim Glasby, b. 1989
  • John Glasbyb. 1928GBBritish chemist and writer (1928-2011)
  • Ian Glasbyb. 1931GBBritish diplomat (1931-2009). Ambassador to People’s Republic of the Congo 1988-1990
  • Geoffrey Philip Glasbyb. 1944GBBritish marine geochemist and author (1944-2016)
  • Tim Glasbyb. 1989AUAustralian rugby league footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Glasby,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Glasby
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010497#43,438
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020479#47,689
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000441#45,651
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)200810#71,668
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Glasby mean, and where does it come from?
reduced form of Gillespie. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Glasby?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɡɫæsbi/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Glasby have the most bearers?
Glasby is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Glasby”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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