For Filby there are 350 on Yasni with different names.
Among the most common last names on Yasni Filby is on position 4177.
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THE FILBY ASSOCIATION www.filby.org Filby Village If one accepts the Doomsday Book, the village of FILBY was spelled FILEBEY or PHILEBY but the first county map in England - that of Norfolk County - spells it as FILBYE and it is properly located. The name is of Danish extraction and with the invasion of Norsemen around 800 AD it may have been the site of a wintering place for the invaders. There are 25 towns in the East and West Flegg Hundreds, of which 14 end in 'BY' which means 'place of'. The site of the village was moreover easy to defend, it was accessible by water and there was ample food from fish and game from what is known as FILBY BROAD. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Name "de Filby" It is to be remembered that a name such as "John de Filby" means John of Filby or John from Filby, and it is the SECOND of these alternatives which is the real meaning i.e. someone living in a place 'other' than the village of FILBY - but who has come from there. This probably explains why the name Filby is found all over England and the world, except in the village of Filby itself, as few return having spread their wings. About 1200 AD surnames had not been invented, but were beginning to be both desirable and necessary. Where they lived, what trade they had, and hair colour were all used as 'descriptive' surnames, i.e. John the wood, John the carpenter, John the fair. From about 1390 surnames had developed even further, by dropping the 'de' or 'of' or 'the' thus becoming John Filby. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Sent from: Marion Filby)
