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Meaning & History
Habitational name from Leyburn in North Yorkshire, High Leybourne in Godalming in Surrey, or Leybourne in Kent. The North Yorkshire name may derive from Old English hlēg “shelter” and burna “spring, stream”. The Surrey place name may derive from an Old English personal name Lealla and Old English burna. The Kent place name probably derives from a lost stream name Lille (of uncertain origin) and Old English burna.