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Meaning & History
French (western and southwestern): topographic name for someone living in or near a ravine, from la combe ‘the ravine’ (a word of Gaulish origin, related to English Combe).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4