# Holtby

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #49,986

## Definitions
1. A small village and civil parish in City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6754).
2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

## Etymology
From the Old Norse personal name Holti + býr (“settlement”).

## Easily confused with
- **holy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holtby-vs-holy)
- **hotly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holtby-vs-hotly)
- **Hornby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holtby-vs-hornby)
- **Holton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holtby-vs-holton)
- **holt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holt-vs-holtby)
- **hobby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobby-vs-holtby)
- **holly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holly-vs-holtby)
- **Holley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holley-vs-holtby)

## Common misspellings (10)
`hholtby`, `hlotby`, `holbty`, `holltby`, `holtbby`, `holtbyy`, `holttby`, `holtyb`, `hotlby`, `ohltby`

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