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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English

Meaning & History

Northern English topographic name for someone living on the banks of the Washburn river in West Yorkshire, so named from the Old English personal name Walc + Old English burna ‘stream’. The river name is first recorded as Walke(s)burna in the early 12th century.
Added 5/2/2009 by anonymous
Edited 10/9/2016 by LMS, Frollein Gladys and SeaHorse15