Dalby

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 may consequently refer to both people and places.

  • Places:
    • In Australia:
      • Dalby, Queensland
    • In the British Isles:
      • Dalby, Isle of Man
      • Dalby, Lincolnshire
      • Great Dalby, Leicestershire
      • Old Dalby, Leicestershire
      • Dalby-cum-Skewsby, North Yorkshire
    • In Denmark:
      • Dalby, Sønder Dalby Sogn
    • In Sweden:
      • Dalby, Lund
      • Dalby, Uppland
    • In the United States:
      • Dalby Springs, Texas
  • People:
    • Amy Dalby, British actress
    • Andrew Dalby, Culinary writer
    • Andy Dalby, guitarist
    • Dave Dalby, former NFL football player
    • Chris Dalby, political journalist
    • David Dalby, British linguist, founder of Linguasphere Observatory
    • David K. Dalby, American chemistry teacher
    • Graham Dalby, British Band Leader The London Swing Orchestra
    • Greg Dalby, American soccer player
    • Harold Dalby, Musician, The Tip-Top Dance Band, Yorkshire, early 1900s
    • Krista Dalby, Canadian playwright, screenwriter, opera librettist and puppeteer
    • Liza Dalby, American anthropologist and writer
    • Martin Dalby, Scottish composer
    • Robert Dalby, English martyr
    • Thomas Dalby, Canadian Forensic Psychologist
    • Thomas Edward Dalby, American actor
    • Wallace Dalby, Musician, The Tip-Top Dance Band,Yorkshire, early 1900s