The surname Dansby debuted as a baby name in the U.S. data in the mid-2010s:
- 2020: 17 baby boys and 5 baby girls named Dansby
- 5 in Georgia
- 2019: 27 baby boys named Dansby
- 7 in Alabama, 7 in Tennessee
- 2018: 8 baby boys named Dansby
- 2017: 9 baby boys named Dansby
- 2016: 10 baby boys named Dansby [debut]
- 2015: unlisted
- 2014: unlisted
Where did it come from?
Professional baseball player Dansby Swanson, who was the first overall pick in the Major League Baseball draft in 2015. He has played for the Atlanta Braves ever since.
He was born in Kennesaw, Georgia, and his full name at birth was James Dansby Swanson. (His middle name is his mother’s maiden name.)
“Dansby” could be a variant of the English surname Danby, which was originally a place name that (like Denby) meant “settlement of the Danes.”
What do you think of Dansby as a first name?
Sources:
- Dansby Swanson – Wikipedia
- Hanks, Patrick. (Ed.) Dictionary of American Family Names. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.