# Willoughby

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #25,975

## Definitions
1. Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere:
2. Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere:
3. Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere:
4. Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere:
5. Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere:
6. Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere:
7. A habitational surname.
8. A male given name transferred from the surname.

## Etymology
From Old English weliġ (“willow”) and Old Norse byr (“settlement”).

## Common misspellings (14)
`iwlloughby`, `willoguhby`, `willougbhy`, `willougghby`, `willoughbby`, `willoughbyy`, `willoughhby`, `willoughyb`, `willouhgby`, `willuoghby`, `wilolughby`, `wiloughby`, `wliloughby`, `wwilloughby`

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