Kirby

Norse
"church settlement"

Kirby Origin and Meaning

The name Kirby is a boy's name of Scandinavian, Norse origin meaning "church settlement".

Attractive British place-name with a sense of humor. Fun fact: John Wayne played five characters with the first or second name of Kirby.

# 970 in the US

Kirby Rank in US Top 1000

Famous People Named Kirby

  • (Anthony) Kirby Puckett
    American baseball player
  • Kirby Bryan Dick
    documentary filmmaker
  • Kirby Wright
    American novelist
  • Kirby Chambliss
    American stunt pilot
  • Stanton "Kirby" Doyle
    American poet
  • Kirby Grant
    American actor
  • Kirby Law
    Canadian ice hockey player
  • Kirby Mack
    American pro wrestler
  • Kirby Robert Morrow
    Canadian actor, voice actor, writer and comedian
  • (Edmund) Kirby Smith
    U.S. Confederate Civil War general
  • Kirby Keyes Wilson
    American football coach

Kirby in Pop Culture

  • Kirby
    Nintendo video game character
  • Kirby Keager
    main character in film "St. Elmo's Fire"
  • Kirby York
    main character on TV's "Fort Apache"
  • Kirby Morris
    character on TV's "The Suite Life on Deck"
  • Kirby Allbee
    character in "The Victim" (1947) by Saul Bellow
  • Kirby Scroggins
    character on TV's "The Torkelsons"
  • "Kirby Buckets
    " TV series and its main character
  • Kirby O'Neil
    father of April O'Neil in the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" series
  • Kirby
    character in animated film "The Brave Little Toaster"
  • Kirby
    alien child in animated film "Chicken Little"
  • Kirby
    character on "The Adventure Zone: Amnesty"