Barnby Broad
lake or loch · Suffolk
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name refers to a broad (a wide stretch of water) associated with a place called Barnby. 'Barnby' is a common Old English place name, often meaning 'farmstead by the river' or 'farmstead of a man named Beorn'.
Word origins
- Barnby
- Old Englishplace name(from bereærn "barn", bȳ "farmstead, village", Beorn "personal name")
- Broad
- Old EnglishAttestedbroad stretch of water(from brād "broad")