# Thornbury

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #72,830

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10. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

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