English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Girsby

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sockburn

Historical Forms

  • Grisebi, Griseby 1086 DB

Etymology

This name is either 'Gris's farm or village', ON  pers.n. Gríss , genitive sing. Grísar , or 'pig farm', ON  gríss 'young pig', genitive pl. grísa , + . Gríss is an original by-name from gríss . See PNYN 280, SSNY 28 and for the pers.n. SPNLY 109, SPNN 148.