Kirby (given Name)

Kirby may refer to:

Buildings

* Kirby Building, a skyscraper in Dallas, Texas, United States
* Kirby Lofts, a building in Houston, Texas, United States
* Kirby Hall, an Elizabethan country house near Corby, Northamptonshire, England
* Kirby House (disambiguation), various houses in England and the United States
* Kirby Sports Center, a sports arena in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
* Kirby's Mill, an historic grist mill in Medford, New Jersey, United States

Businesses

* Kirby Building Systems, a manufacturer of pre-engineered buildings
* Kirby Corporation, maritime equipment corporation
* Kirby Company, manufacturer of Kirby vacuum cleaners
* Kirby's Pig Stand, the first drive-in restaurant in the United States

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

*Kirby (character), the titular character of the ''Kirby'' game series
*Kirby, a character in '' Chicken Little''
*Kirby, the title character of ''Rip Kirby'', an American comic strip
*Sir Kirby, a character from ''Doc McStuffins''
*Kirby Buckets, the titular character in the live-action series of the same name
* Kirby Reed, a character from the ''Scream'' franchise
* the Kirby family in the play '' You Can't Take It with You''
* Officer Kirby, a character from '' Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers''
* Kirby Morris, a character from ''The Suite Life on Deck''

Other arts and entertainment

* ''Kirby'' (series), a video game series
* "Kirby", a song from the album '' The Impossible Kid'' by Aesop Rock
* "Kirby" (''Dynasty''), an episode of the television series ''Dynasty''
* '' Kirby: King of Comics'', a 2008 biography by Mark Evanier

Places

United States

* Kirby, Arkansas, an unincorporated census-designated place
* Kirby, Indiana, an unincorporated community
* Kirby, Missouri, an unincorporated community
* Kirby, Montana, a populated place
* Kirby, Ohio, a village
* Kirby, Texas, a city
* Kirby, Vermont, a town
* Kirby, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
* Kirby, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
* Kirby, Wyoming, a town
* Kirby Lake, Abilene, Texas, a man-made reservoir

England

* Kirby Cane, a village in Norfolk
* Kirby Cross, a village in Essex
* Kirby Grindalythe, a village in North Yorkshire
* Kirby-on-the-Moor, also known as Kirby, a village in North Yorkshire
* Kirby-le-Soken, a village in Essex
* Kirby Muxloe, a village and civil parish west of Leicester

Elsewhere

* Kirby, Ontario, a hamlet in Canada
* Kirby Cone, a peak in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica

People

* Kirby (surname), people with the surname
* Kirby (given name), people with the given name
** Kirby Howell-Baptiste, English actor credited mononymously as Kirby since 2023
** Kirby Lauryen, American singer-songwriter also known simply as Kirby

Schools

* Kirby College of Further Education, now part of Middlesbrough College, North Yorkshire, England
* Kirby High School (disambiguation), several schools in the United States

Other uses

* Kirby calculus
* Kirby (cucumber), used for pickling
* Kirby 23, a sailboat designed by Bruce Kirby and produced in the mid-1980s
* Kirby 25, a sailboat designed by Bruce Kirby and produced in the mid-1980s
* Kirby Award, an award presented from 1985 to 1987 for achievements in comic books
* Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center, a psychiatric hospital in New York City
* 51985 Kirby, an asteroid named after Jack Kirby
* Loteki Supernatural Being (1990–2007), also known as Kirby, the only dog to have won all three major international dog shows in the same year

See also

* Kirby Krackle (or Kirby Dots), an artistic convention in comic books
* Kerby (disambiguation)
* Kirkby (disambiguation)

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