As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

BOURN. BOURNE. Parishes and places in COS. Canrbr., Durham, Lincoln, Hants, Sussex, &c. Many trivial localities are so called, and Atte Burne is a common medieAal surname. vVs a topographical terra it means sometimes a bound or limit, (Fr. home,') and sometimes a running stream, (A- Sax. hirna.) See Eng. Surn. i. 64.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Surname type: Location or geographical feature

Origin: English

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Religion of origin: Christian

Language of origin: English

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