also Suresby, a 16c.-17c. mock-appellation for a person to be depended upon, 1550s, from sure (adj.) + -by, common ending element in place-names (and thus surnames); compare rudesby. Udall's "Ralph Royster-Doyster" (1555) has a character Sym Suresby.
该词起源时间：1550年代
