The Frisbie surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,872 people carried this name — #8,506 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,739 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Frisbie surname

A variant of Frisby.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Frisbie» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Frisby’.

An early record he cites: John de Friseby, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Frisby, Frisbee and Frisbie.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 301 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

74 families named Frisbie, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 407 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Connecticut 43
New York 13
Vermont 6
Maryland 6
Massachusetts 4
Pennsylvania 1
North Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 241 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Frisbie in American newspapers,
1893–1908.

Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Frisbie
The Salt Lake Herald 1908-12-27
Newspaper page from San Antonio Daily Light carrying the name Frisbie
San Antonio Daily Light 1893-07-01
Newspaper page from The Mirror And Farmer carrying the name Frisbie
The Mirror And Farmer 1902-03-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 28,296 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Frisbie in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1960s.

115 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Frisbie. The most, 47, date from the 1900s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 37
Victoria 25
Queensland 23
South Australia 17
Tasmania 5
Western Australia 4
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Frisbie.

Who carried it

People named Frisbie,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Louise Kelley Frisbie
    Louise Kelley Frisbie 1913–1989 · historian
  • Levi Frisbie 1748–1806 · theologian
  • Stephen N. Frisbie 1824– · politician
  • Robert Dean Frisbie 1896–1948 · writer
  • Parker Frisbie 1940–2018 · sociologist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Frisbie,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States339 records

339 records of the Frisbie name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 143
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 86
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 56
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 43
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Raymond N. Frisbie

    Born 1919 in Texas. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Bliss El Paso; driver from Potter County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Llano Cemetery Association, Amarillo, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Walter Charles Frisbie

    Born 1950; from Chemung, New York. U.S. Army, carpentry and masonry specialist; died in service 1971 in Phong Dinh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John B. Frisbie

    Arrived at New York in 1873 aboard the Abyssinia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 49; laborer.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 339 records for Frisbie in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Frisbie name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Alice Josephine Frisbie

    Died 1951; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record David Frisbie

    Buried in 1934 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Leo H. Frisbie

    Married 1901 in Margaretsville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 5 records for Frisbie in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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Surnames next to Frisbie.

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