Ormsbee Family Crest & Name History

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Ormsby surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Family name meaning

Some records give Ormsby; others give Ormsbee. Both point to the same English family name. Its meaning, shared with Ormsby, is “Orm's farm”.

Before spelling was fixed, Ormsby was also written Ormsbee. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. The same family of names includes Ormesby. The 2010 census count for Ormsbee in the United States was 933, good for rank 26,212. It sits within the 50,000 most common last names in the country.

Get the complete Ormsbee report, with a museum-style coat of arms.