Newbury is an English

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. Within the United States, it is the name of 0.001 per cent of the population. Following the 1990

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, the U.S. Census Bureau ranked the name Newbury as number 16,415 in its list of ''Frequently Occurring Surnames''.''Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames From the 1990 Census, (Table) Name Files dist.all.last''; published May 9, 1995
The name is cognate with the surname

Newberry Newberry is a surname, a variant of Newbury. Notable people with the surname include: * Booker Newberry III (born 1956), American singer and keyboardist * Brennan Newberry (born, 1990), American professional stock car racing driver * Brian Newber ...

(in 1990 possessed by 0.005 per cent of the U.S. population and ranked number 2,359) and ''Newbery'', which at number 55,231 in the rankings rounded to 0.000 per cent of the U.S. population. However, in the United Kingdom Newbury is the more usual spelling.

Origin

Newbury/Newberry/Newbery means "new stronghold" (from

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

''niwe, neowe'', new, and ''buri, byri'', fortified place). In the United Kingdom, one town and a small number of villages have the name Newbury. However, the name of the hamlet of Newbury in the parish of

Horningsham Horningsham is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, on the county border with Somerset. The village lies about southwest of the town of Warminster and southeast of Frome, Somerset. The parish forms part of the Longleat esta ...

Wiltshire Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire ...

, is of 17th-century origin: it was named for a family called Newbury. Other spellings of the name include Newborough and Newburgh.

Pronunciation

In the United States, the usual pronunciation of the name Newbury is as three distinct syllables, as if spelt ''New-Berry''; with the exception of the region of New England where it is pronounced "Newbry". However, in normal speech in the United Kingdom the name's pronunciation (both for places and people) is barely more than two syllables, either as if spelt ''Newbry'' or else with a slight ''uh'' sound after the -b-. The same difference can be heard in the pronunciations of other names ending in -bury, such as

Kingsbury Kingsbury may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Kingsbury, London, a district of northwest London in the borough of Brent ** Kingsbury tube station, London Underground station * Kingsbury, Warwickshire, a village and civil parish in Warwickshi ...

, Hanbury,

Salisbury Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath. Salisbury is in the southeast of Wil ...

, and Westbury.

People named Newbury or Newbery

* A. C. Newbury (1886–1948), Australian Congregationalist minister *

Albert Ernest Newbury Albert Ernest Newbury (29 January 1891 – 1 April 1941) was an Australian artist who was associated with the Australian tonalist movement. Career Newbury was born in Melbourne, one of the five sons of Samuel Newbury (1854–1930) and his wif ...

(1891–1941), Australian painter *

Christopher Newbury Christopher Newbury (born 1956) is a British Conservative politician. He was a member of the Congress of the Council of Europe from 1998 to 2010 and since 2009 has been a member of the new Wiltshire Council, created that year. Early life Newbury ...

(born 1956), British politician * Graham C. Newbury (1910–1986), American surgeon *

James Newbury James Benjamin Kingsley Newbury (born 13 May 1978) is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2018, representing the seat of Brighton. Newbury is the currently the Shadow ...

(born 1978), Australian politician *

John Newbery John Newbery (9 July 1713 – 22 December 1767), considered "The Father of Children's Literature", was an English publisher of books who first made children's literature a sustainable and profitable part of the literary market. He also supported ...

(1713–1767), English publisher and namesake of the literary award *

Kris Newbury Kris Newbury (born February 19, 1982) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey Forward (ice hockey), forward who is currently playing with the Hamilton Steelhawks (senior), Hamilton Steelhawks in the Allan Cup Hockey (ACH). Playin ...

(born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player *

Mickey Newbury Milton Sims "Mickey" Newbury Jr. (May 19, 1940 – September 29, 2002) was an American songwriter, recording artist, and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Early life and career Newbury was born in Houston, Texas, on May 19, ...

(1940–2002), American musician and composer *

Saul Newbury Saul Newbury (August 14, 1870 – February 1, 1950), of Chicago, Illinois, was a collector of classic postage stamps. He was so involved in Chicago philately that he was referred to as "Chicago's No. 1 Collector." Collecting interests Newbury c ...

(1870–1950), American postage stamp collector *

Steve Newbury Steve Newbury (born 21 April 1956) is a former Welsh professional snooker player from Neath. As an amateur, Newbury won the 1979 National Pairs Championship (with Cliff Wilson), and the 1980 Welsh Amateur Championship. At the 1980 World Amat ...

(born 1956), Welsh former snooker player *

William Spencer Newbury William Spencer Newbury (September 19, 1834 – November 19, 1915), commonly known as W. S. Newbury, was an American businessman, politician, and lawyer active in the U.S. Midwest and Oregon who served as the mayor of Portland, Oregon ...

(1834–1915), mayor of Portland, Oregon

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{{Surname, Newbury English toponymic surnames

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Pronunciation

People named Newbury or Newbery

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