Warboys

== English == === Alternative forms === (surname): Worboise, Worboyes, Worboys === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English Wardeboys; the placename is recorded in the Domesday Book as Wardebusc, suggesting a derivation from Old Norse varði (“beacon; landmark”) + buskr (“brushwood, bush”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɔːbɔɪz/ === Proper noun === Warboys (countable and uncountable, plural Warboyses) A village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL315797). A habitational surname from Old Norse. ==== Statistics ==== According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Warboys is the 15890th most common surname in England, belonging to 320 individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Warboys”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.