What is Kirby?
'''Kirby''' is a common place name, [[surname]], and [[given name]], derived from [[Old Norse]], meaning church settlement.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mike Campbell |url=http://www.behindthename.com/name/kirby |title=Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Kirby |publisher=Behind the Name |accessdate=2010-08-13}}</ref> Other common uses include: == Places == === England === * [[Kirkby]], Merseyside (pronounced with a silent ''k'': {{IPA-en|kɝːbi}}) * [[Kirby Bedon]], Norfolk * [[Kirby Cane]], Norfolk * [[Kirby Cross]], Essex * [[Kirby Grindalythe]], North Yorkshire * [[Kirby Hill, Harrogate]], North Yorkshire * [[Kirby Hill, Richmondshire]], North Yorkshire * [[Kirby Knowle]], North Yorkshire * [[Kirby Misperton]], North Yorkshire * [[Kirby Muxloe]], Leicestershire * [[Kirby Sigston]], North Yorkshire * [[Kirby Wiske]], North Yorkshire * [[Cold Kirby]], North Yorkshire * [[Horton Kirby]], Kent * [[Monks Kirby]], Warwickshire * [[West Kirby]], Merseyside * see also: [[Kirkby (disambiguation)#Places in the United Kingdom|Places named Kirkby]] === United States === * [[Kirby, Arizona]] * [[Kirby, Arkansas]] * [[Kirby, Georgia]] * [[Kirby, Indiana]] * [[Kirby, Ohio]] * [[Kirby, Oklahoma]] * [[Kirby, Pennsylvania]] * [[Kirby, Texas]] * [[Kirby, Vermont]] * [[Kirby, West Virginia]] * [[Kirby, Wyoming]] * [[Upper Kirby]], a commercial district in Houston, Texas === Canada === * [[Kirby, Ontario]] * [[York Regional Road 29]], a regional road in Ontario, in which its western segment is called Kirby Road == People == * [[Kirby (surname)]], people with the surname Kirby. * [[Kirby (given name)]], people with the given name Kirby Also * [[Kirkby (disambiguation)#People|List of people with the surname Kirkby]] * [[Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton of Kirby]] (c. 1605-1670), English politician * [[Christopher Hatton, 2nd Baron Hatton of Kirby]] (1632-1706), English politician == Buildings, institutions or facilities == * [[Kirby Castle]], a castle in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England * [[Kirby Hall]], an Elizabethan co