# Hornsby

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #49,404

## Definitions
1. A habitational surname from Old Norse.
2. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
3. A local government area in north Sydney, New South Wales; in full, Hornsby Shire.
4. A town in Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States.
5. A hamlet in Cumwhitton parish, Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5150).

## Etymology
From places in England, from genitive singular of the Old Norse given name Ormr (“serpent”) + býr (“settlement”).

## Easily confused with
- **horny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hornsby-vs-horny)
- **horns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horns-vs-hornsby)
- **Hornby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hornby-vs-hornsby)

## Common misspellings (12)
`hhornsby`, `honrsby`, `hornbsy`, `hornnsby`, `hornsbby`, `hornsbyy`, `hornssby`, `hornsyb`, `horrnsby`, `horsnby`, `hronsby`, `ohrnsby`

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