Dalby (surname) explained

Dalby is a Scandinavian place name meaning "valley settlement", during the Viking Age, the name was brought to England and it later also became an English surname. It can be a locational surname for those from Dalby, Lincolnshire, near Spilsby; in Dalby, Leicestershire near Melton Mowbray, and in Dalby, North Yorkshire, near Terrington.^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Amy Dalby, British actress
• Andrew Dalby, linguist and culinary writer
• Andy Dalby, guitarist
• Claire Dalby, British artist
• Christie Dalby, American Performer
• C. Reginald Dalby, British illustrator
• Dave Dalby, former NFL football player
• David Dalby, British linguist, founder of Linguasphere Observatory
• Gina Dalby, American Performer
• Greg Dalby, American soccer player
• Håkan Dahlby, Swedish double trap shooter

May Kathleen Dalby, Educator and Philanthropist

• Irene Dalby, Norwegian swimmer
• Isaac Dalby (1744–1824), English mathematician and surveyor
• John Dalby (1929–2017), English singer and composer
• John Dalby (painter) (1810–1865), English painter
• Liza Dalby (born 1950), American anthropologist and writer
• Matthew Dalby, British scientist
• Mark Dalby (1938–2013), British Anglican Archdeacon
• Martin Dalby (1942–2018), Scottish composer
• Nicolas Dalby, Danish mixed martial artist
• Richard Dalby (disambiguation)
• Robert Dalby, English martyr
• William Bartlett Dalby (1840–1918), British aural surgeon and otologisthe

Notes and References

1. Web site: Surname Database: Dalby Last Name Origin.