Bye

Bye
Recorded in the spellings of By, Bye, Buy, and Buye, this is a surname of Olde English pre 7th century origins. It is residential, and describes one who lived by a 'byge'. This was a prominent bend of a river, or perhaps a feature of the countryside such as a hill or rock outcrop, which may have appeared to be distorted in someway. It is unlikely to have referred to a bend in a road, although this is possible as in these early times original Roman roads from the 3rd century were still in use. In its spelling as 'By' the surname is the shortest in the British registers, and is one of a tiny group consisting of only two letters. Originally their were a number such as Ea and Ay, meaning one who was resident by a river, but most are now extinct. The late Professor Reaney considered that B(u)y(e) may in some instances have been a personal name, and if so examples may be Thomas filius Bye of Cambridge in the Hundred Rolls of 1279, and John Bye also of Cambridge in 1327. All other examples of the surname at this period refer to a person who was either de, de la, ate, or 'in the' bye, a clear reference to a location. These early examples include Alicia de Bly of Berwick in 1266, John ate Bey in the 1279 Hundred Rolls of Cambridge, and William in the By in the Subsidy Rolls of Somerset, for the year 1327. Later examples taken from various rolls include Robert Bye, who married Susan Martin at St Antholins church, London in 1568, Robert Bye of London in the 1588 register of students of Oxford University, and Grizwell Buy, married at St Lukes church, Chelsea, London, in 1682. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Hugh de la Bye, which was dated 1243, the Assize Court registers of the county of Somerset, during the reign of King Henry 111, known as 'The Frenchman', 1216 - 1272. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • bye — bye …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Bye — (b[imac]), n. 1. A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye, i. e., in passing; indirectly; by implication. [Obs. except in the phrase by the bye.] [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bye — [ bajbaj ] interj. • 1934; mot angl. ♦ Fam. Au revoir, adieu. Abrév. cour.BYE. « Vous direz au revoir aux autres pour moi. Allez, bye ! » (Sarrazin). ⇒ salut, tchao. bye bye [bajbaj] ou bye [baj] …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • bye — bye; bye·man; out·bye; in·bye; rock·a·bye; up·bye; …   English syllables

  • Bye — may refer to: *Bye (cricket), a special type of run scored in the game of cricket *Bye (sports), when a player or team is allowed to advance to the next round of a playoff tournament without playing *Goodbye, a traditional farewell phrase *A… …   Wikipedia

  • bye — Ⅰ. bye [1] ► NOUN 1) the transfer of a competitor directly to the next round of a competition because they have no opponent assigned to them. 2) Cricket a run scored from a ball that passes the batsman without being hit. ● by the bye Cf. ↑by the… …   English terms dictionary

  • bye! — [bai̮], bye bye! [ bai̮ bai̮ ] <englisch> (auf Wiedersehen!) …   Die deutsche Rechtschreibung

  • Bye — (b[imac]) n. [AS. b[=y]; cf. Icel. byg[eth] dwelling, byggja, b[=u]a, to dwell [root]97.] 1. A dwelling. Gibson. [1913 Webster] 2. In certain games, a station or place of an individual player. Emerson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bye — [bī] n. [var. of BY] 1. something incidental or secondary 2. the privilege, granted a contestant in a tournament with, typically, an uneven number of participants, of not being paired with another contestant in the first round 3. Cricket a run… …   English World dictionary

  • Bye — Bye, Fluß im Stifte Aalborg der dänischen Provinz Jütland; kommt von Norden u. mündet östlich bei Oxholm in den Lym Fjord …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Bye — Bye, Fluß in Jütland, mündet in den Lymfjord …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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