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Hanbury¹

Where it comes from

From Old English hēan, accusative, dative and genitive case of hēah (“high”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

proper noun

  1. A village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1727).
  2. A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref S09664).
  3. A settlement in Harley, Timiskaming District, north-east Ontario, Canada.

Hanbury²

Where it comes from

Two main origins:

* Habitational surname of Old English origin, from either of the two villages in England.

* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAinmhire (“descendant of Ainmhire”), a personal name composed of the elements ain- (“bad, unnatural”) + mire (“madness, frenzy, mania”).

proper noun Hanburys

  1. A surname.

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@misc{hanbury_2026,
  title = {Hanbury},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hanbury},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}