Toynbee

Toynbee
Pronunciation	/ˈtɔɪnbi/
Language	English
Origin
Language	Old Norse
Word/name	Tumby, Lincolnshire; (old spelling: Tunnebi)
Derivation	tún + bý
Meaning	'enclosure' and 'farmstead village'

Toynbee is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Arnold Toynbee (1852–1883), British economic historian
Arnold Joseph Toynbee (1889–1975), British historian
Geoffrey Toynbee (1885–1914), English cricketer
Henry Toynbee (1819–1909), British merchant sailor and meteorologist
Jocelyn Toynbee (1897–1985), British archaeologist and art historian
Joseph Toynbee (1815–1866), British physician, pioneer of otolaryngology
Matthew Toynbee (born 1956), New Zealand cricketer
Paget Toynbee (1855–1932), British Dante scholar
Philip Toynbee (1916–1981), British writer
Polly Toynbee (born 1946), British journalist and writer

Notes

↑ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Harlow: Pearson Education. p. 833. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
↑ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter. The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Vol. 4. Oxford University Press. p. 2708. ISBN 978-0-19-879884-2.

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[1] Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Harlow: Pearson Education. p. 833. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.

[2] Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter. The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Vol. 4. Oxford University Press. p. 2708. ISBN 978-0-19-879884-2.

Toynbee

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