Dalby is a Scandinavian place name meaning "valley settlement". During the Viking Age, the name was brought to England and it later also became an English surname. It can be a locational surname for those from Dalby, Lincolnshire, near Spilsby; in Dalby, Leicestershire near Melton Mowbray, and in Dalby, North Yorkshire, near Terrington. Notable people with the surname include:
Amy Dalby, British actress Andrew Dalby, linguist and culinary writer Andy Dalby, guitarist Claire Dalby, British artist Christie Dalby, American Performer C. Reginald Dalby, British illustrator Dave Dalby, former NFL football player David Dalby, British linguist, founder of Linguasphere Observatory Gina Dalby, American Performer Greg Dalby, American soccer player Håkan Dahlby, Swedish double trap shooter Irene Dalby, Norwegian swimmer Isaac Dalby (1744–1824), English mathematician and surveyor John Dalby (1929–2017), English singer and composer John Dalby (painter) (1810–1865), English painter Liza Dalby (born 1950), American anthropologist and writer Matthew Dalby, British scientist Mark Dalby (1938–2013), British Anglican archdeacon Martin Dalby (1942–2018), Scottish composer Nicolas Dalby, Danish mixed martial artist Richard Dalby (disambiguation) Robert Dalby, English martyr William Bartlett Dalby (1840–1918), British aural surgeon and otologist
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