Kirby (surname) explained

Kirby is a surname of Irish and English origin. The Irish surname is an anglicisation of Ó Ciarmhaic,^{[1] [2]} while the English surname is from the Old Norse "kirkja" + "býr" meaning "church" + "settlement".^[3] Notable people with the surname include:

• Abner Kirby (1818–1893), mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Adam Kirby (born 1980s), jockey
• Alan Kirby (born 1977), Irish footballer
• Alex Kirby (disambiguation)
• Alister Kirby (1886–1917), British rower at the 1912 Summer Olympics
• Andy Kirby (1961–2002), stock car driver and motorcycle racer
• Bill Kirby (born 1975), Australian swimmer
• Bruce Kirby (disambiguation)
• Bruno Kirby (1949–2006), American film and television actor
• Cam Kirby (1909–2003), Canadian politician
• Cecil Kirby (born 1950), Canadian outlaw biker and criminal.
• Charles Kirk Kirby (1826–1910), American architect
• Chauncey Kirby, Canadian ice hockey player
• Claire Kirby (born 1987), New Zealand beauty queen
• Clay Kirby (1948–1991), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Connor Kirby (born 1998), English football player
• Dale Kirby (born 1971), Canadian politician
• David Kirby (disambiguation)
• David Kirby (journalist), journalist
• David Kirby (judge) (born 1943), judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
• David Kirby (poet) (born 1944), American poet
• Dean Kirby, American politician
• Dorothy Kirby, American golfer and sportscaster
• Doug Kirby (born 1957), American author
• Douglas Kirby (1943–2012), research scientist
• Durward Kirby (1912–2000), television personality
• Edmund Kirby (1838–1920), English architect
• Edward Kirby (1901–1968), American athlete
• Edward M. Kirby (1906–1974), American public relations manager and US Army colonel
• Eric Kirby (footballer) (1926–2018), English footballer
• Fran Kirby (born 1993), English footballer
• Frank E. Kirby (1849–1929), Detroit designer of steamships in the early 20th century
• Frank Howard Kirby (1871–1956), British soldier
• Frank Kirby (disambiguation)
• Fred Kirby (1910–1996), American country-and-western recording and performance artist and songwriter
• Gary Kirby (born 1967), Irish hurling manager and player
• Gene Kirby (?–2011), American Major League Baseball announcer and front office executive
• George Kirby (1923–1995), comedian
• George Kirby (baseball) (born 1998), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Gerald Kirby (disambiguation)
• Gustavus Town Kirby (1874–1956), American lawyer
• Halder Kirby, Canadian ice hockey player
• Harold Kirby (zoologist) (1900–1952), Canadian-American zoologist and protistologist
• Harold James Kirby (1895–1956), lawyer, real estate agent, and political figure in Ontario
• Henry Kirby (1889–1976), English cricketer
• Jack Kirby (1917–1994), comic book artist
• Jake Kirby (born 1994), English football midfielder
• James Kirby (died 1915), American labor leader
• Jane Kirby, Canadian figure skater
• Jay Kirby (1920–1964), American actor
• Jim Kirby (1884–1971), inventor
• John Henry Kirby (1860–1940), American businessman
• John Joshua Kirby (1716–1774), British landscape painter, engraver, and writer
• John Kirby (artist) (born 1949), British painter
• John Kirby (attorney), US attorney involved in some famous trials and the namesake of Kirby, the video game character
• John Kirby (Canadian politician) (1772–1846), Canadian businessman and politician
• John Kirby (disambiguation)
• Jon Luke Kirby (born 1998), English rugby league player
• Joseph Coles Kirby (1837–1924), Australian Congregational minister
• Josh Kirby (1928–2001), British illustrator known for his Discworld covers
• Joshua Kirby (1716–1774), British artist
• Kathy Kirby (1938–2011), British singer
• Kayle Kirby (born 1998), Australian rules footballer
• Ken Kirby, Canadian-born actor and screenwriter
• Kenneth Kirby, South African chess master
• Kier M. Kirby, singer of Deee-Lite
• Lee-Ann Kirby (born 1987), Trinidad and Tobago cricketer
• Leyland Kirby, English electronic musician
• Louis Kirby (1928–2006), British newspaper editor
• Luke Kirby (actor), Canadian film actor
• Luke Kirby (priest) (1540s–1582), Catholic Priest and martyr
• Matt Kirby, Queensland, Australia XR Festival Founder
• Micajah W. Kirby (1798–1882), New York politician
• Michael J. L. Kirby (born 1941), Canadian senator and Chair of the Mental Health Commission
• Michael Kirby (judge) (born 1939), Justice of the High Court of Australia
• Paul Kirby (born 1966), Australian politician
• Pauline Kirby (1905–1981), American army nurse
• Rene Kirby (born 1955), American male actor
• Richard Kirby (arbitrator) (1904–2001), Australian arbitrator
• Robert Kirby (musician) (1948–2009), British-born arranger of string sections for rock and folk music
• Robert Kirby (cartoonist) (born 1962), American cartoonist
• Robion Kirby (born 1938), American mathematician
• Roger Kirby (born 1950), British urologist and surgeon
• Rome Kirby, American sailor
• Ryan Kirby (born 1974), English soccer player
• Sandra Kirby (born 1949), Canadian academic and rower
• Simone Kirby, Irish actress
• Stephen Kirby, American author and critic of Islam
• Steve Kirby (cricketer), English cricketer
• Steve T. Kirby (born 1952), Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
• Stuart Kirby (born 1981), race car driver
• Sylvia Kirby (born 1956), American country singer
• Terry Kirby (born 1970), American football player
• Vanessa Kirby (born 1989), English actress
• Wallace W. Kirby (1881–1962), director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
• Wayne Kirby (born 1964), American baseball player and coach
• Will Kirby (born 1973), Big Brother contestant
• William C. Kirby (born 1950), Historian at Harvard University
• William F. Kirby (1867–1934), Senator from Arkansas
• William Forsell Kirby (1844–1912), later English entomologist
• William Kirby (author), Canadian author of The Golden Dog
• William Kirby (entomologist) (1759–1850), English entomologist

Fictional characters

• Paul Kirby, a character in the 2001 American science fiction movie Jurassic Park III

See also

• Justice Kirby (disambiguation)
• Kirby (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ó Ciarmhaic - Irish Names and Surnames .
2. Web site: KIRBY Surname Maps of Ireland .
3. Web site: Kirby Name Meaning & Kirby Family History at Ancestry.com® . www.ancestry.com.