Asby: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Asby? Think of it as Ashby with a different pen. The name is usually explained as “ash-tree farm”.

A variant of Ashby

Asby drops the “h” of Ashby, a simplification that clerks often made. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Ashbey and Ashbee.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Asby surname had 528 bearers. It sits among the 50,000 most common last names in the country.

Asby coat of arms

Arms linked to Ashby and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Research your Asby family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.