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Meaning:
- English: topographic name for someone who lived near a bend, for example in a river, from Middle English bye ‘bend’ (from Old English byge, a derivative of bugan ‘to bow’). Reaney suggests that occasionally it may be from an Old English personal name of obscure origin.
- Norwegian and Swedish: habitational name from any of various farms named By, from Old Norse býr ‘farm’.
From Frank Bye in a GenForum Post: Bye, (Nor., Eng.,) Dweller on the farmstead; or in, or near, the town; or in a corner; one who came from Bayeux (great conquerors; fair-haired), in Normandy.
Countries of Origin: England, Norway, Sweden
Variations: Bye, Buy, Boy, Bouie, Bluy, Buie, By, Biye, Bie and others.
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My Bye Family:
I descend from Thomas Bye and Margaret Davis, Quakers who attended Horsleydown MM in Southwark, London. Thomas and his son, Nathaniel were received by the Philadelphia MM in 1699 and Margaret and daughters were received in 1701. They were married at Saint Mary Magdalene Church at Bermondsey in London in. There other living son, John, also my ancestor, came to Pennsylvania in 1698. John married Sarah Pearson in 1704 at Solebury in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. Their daughter Deborah married Jonathan Ingham I.
It would seem that Thomas Bye connects to the Byes of Reading, Berkshire and it would seem even further back this family descends from the Viscounts of Bayeux in Normandy. But this has been contested.
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External Links:
The Bye Surname at Ancestry.com
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