Badby
village · West Northamptonshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Badby likely means 'Badda's settlement'. It is named after a person called Badda and the Old English word for a farmstead or village.
Word origins
- Bad-
- Old EnglishAttestedpersonal name(from Badda "personal name")
- -by
- Old Norsevillage, farmstead(from býr "farmstead, village")
Historical forms
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