# Battersby

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #91,276

## Definitions
1. A village in Ingleby Greenhow parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ5907).
2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

## Etymology
From Old Norse Boðvar (“a personal name”) + -s- + býr (“settlement”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/battersby