English Explanatory Dictionary

Thorburn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname transferred from the given name.
  2. A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Word forms

Thorburn Thorburns Thurbon Thurlbourn

Etymology

From a Northern Middle English personal name Thorbern, Thurbern, from Old Norse Þórbjǫrn, which is composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) and bjǫrn (“bear”).

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