# Crosby

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkɹɒz.bi/ · frequency rank #14,098

## Definitions
1. A locale in England:
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5. A village on the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC3279).
6. A northern English and Scottish habitational surname from Old Norse.
7. A surname from Irish, a variant of Crosbie.
8. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa; named for mine operator J. H. Crosby.
9. A locale in the United States:
10. A locale in the United States:
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## Etymology
From Old Norse kross (“cross”) + býr (“settlement”).

## Easily confused with
- **cross** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crosby-vs-cross)
- **crusty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crosby-vs-crusty)
- **crosse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crosby-vs-crosse)
- **cosy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cosy-vs-crosby)
- **Colby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colby-vs-crosby)
- **Cosby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cosby-vs-crosby)
- **crony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crony-vs-crosby)
- **crispy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crispy-vs-crosby)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccrosby`, `corsby`, `crobsy`, `crosbby`, `crosbyy`, `crossby`, `crosyb`, `crrosby`, `crsoby`, `rcosby`

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