Toynbee

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| name = Toynbee

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| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ɔɪ|n|b|i}}

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| language = English

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| origin = Tumby, Lincolnshire
(old spelling: Tunnebi)

| derivation = tún + bý

| meaning = 'enclosure' and 'farmstead village'

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| footnotes = {{cite LPD|3|page=833}}{{cite book|last1=Hanks|first1=Patrick|last2=Coates|first2=Richard|last3=McClure|first3=Peter|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland|volume=4|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-879884-2|page=2708}}

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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