Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hundemanebi 1086 DB

• Hundemanebi, Hundemaneby c.1135 BevAct 1197 P 13th Font 1205 Cur 1331 Ch

• Hundmaneby 1241 FF

• Hunmanby c.1130–40 YCh102 1281,1297 Ebor 1294 Abbr 1519 FF

• Hundemannebi, Hundemanneby 1142–7 LeonardR 1147–66 YCh175 1147,1195–6 P 1204 Cur 1246 Ass

• Hundemauneby (sic) t.Ric1 Ch 1252

• Hundemanbi(a), Hundemanby 12th t.Hy2 LeonardN 1270–1304 Ebor 1414 Test

• Hundmanby 1155–65 Bridl 1312 Bridl 1259 ADiii 1514 FF

• Hun(n)emaneby 1215 ClR

• Hunemanneby 1276 Pat

• Honeman(e)by 1276 1286 Ebor

• Humanby 1286 Abbr

• Humanby als. Humandby 1540 FF

• Humanby als. Hudmanby 1596 FF

• Hummonby 1535 FF

• Hundmandby 1316 NomVill

• Hundmondby 1560 NCWills

• Hunmandby 1403 YI 1531 Test

• Hunnanbye, Hunnonbye 1569 FF 1610 Speed

Etymology

The first element is OScand  *hunda -maðr , probably with the same meaning as OScand  hunda-sveinn 'houndsman,' which enters into Hunsonby (Cu). It may be used here as a pers. name Hundeman , but the repeated medial e in Hund (e )man (n )ebi would rather suggest the OScand  gen. plur. hunda-manna . The same problem is met with in Hunsonby and in Flotmanby infra 116. 'Farmstead of the houndsmen,' v. by .