The surname Hornby comes from the name of several places in northern England, which derive from a combination of the Old Norse given name ''Horni'', meaning "horn", and the Old Norse word ''býr'', meaning either "farm" or "settlement."<ref>"[http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Hornby-family-history-sct.ashx Hornby]" on Ancestry.com</ref>
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The surname Hornby comes from the name of several places in northern England, which derive from a combination of the Old Norse given name ''Horni'', meaning "horn", and the Old Norse word ''býr'', meaning either "farm" or "settlement".<ref>"[http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Hornby-family-history-sct.ashx Hornby]" on Ancestry.com</ref>
The surname Hornby comes from the name of several places in northern England, which derive from a combination of the Old Norse given name Horni, meaning "horn", and the Old Norse word býr, meaning either "farm" or "settlement".[1]
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