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grigsby

/ɡɹˈɪɡzbi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables
grigs-by
IPA
/ɡɹˈɪɡzbi/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old Norse.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Lincolnshire, from an unclear first element + Old Norse bý (“farmstead”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Grigsbys (plural)

Rhymes With

rigsby bigsby riggsbee

Questions

How do you pronounce grigsby?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɹˈɪɡzbi/.
What does grigsby mean?
A surname from Old Norse.
Where does grigsby come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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