Gunby
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from Gunby (ERY), or Gunby St Nicholas/St Peter, Lincolnshire; first attested Oliver de Gunby 1194-1204 YCh
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 4 countries · latest register: Guyana, 2025
/ˈɡənbi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gunby is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
- SGSingapore
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)from Gunby (ERY), or Gunby St Nicholas/St Peter, Lincolnshire; first attested Oliver de Gunby 1194-1204 YCh
Cited for this meaning 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Gunby is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, habitational name from Gunby in East Yorkshire, which is named from the Old Norse female personal name Gunnhildr + Old Norse byr ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’, or from Gunby St. Nicholas or Gunby St. Peter in Lincolnshire, named from the Old Norse male personal name Gunni + byr ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’ .
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In English, A hamlet in Bubwith parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7135).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Clara Gunbyb. 1839Confederate spy and painter (1839-1890)
- Peter Gunbyb. 1934GBBritish association football player (born 1934)
- David Charles Gunbyb. 1938NZ1938:? - Professor of English, University of Canterbury
- Steve Gunbyb. 1984GBEnglish footballer (born 1984)
- Trish GunbyUSAmerican politician
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)Evidence
(measured from records)10 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 640 | #37,403 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 637 | #35,345 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 584 | #36,232 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 84 | #17,776 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 3 | #622 |
| US United States | wru 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 Gunby mean, and where does it come from?
- from Gunby (ERY), or Gunby St Nicholas/St Peter, Lincolnshire; first attested Oliver de Gunby 1194-1204 YCh Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Gunby?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɡənbi/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Gunby have the most bearers?
- Gunby is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gunby”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.