# Denby

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #62,091

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3946).
2. An unincorporated community in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States.
3. A habitational surname.

## Etymology
From Old English Dene (“Dane”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”). Compare the doublet Danby.

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