The story
- Old English · derived frombearu“grove, wood”
- Old English · derived fromcyning“king”
- English todayConybeare
Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Devonshire, from either cony or Old English cyning (“king”) + Old English bearu (“grove, wood”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishcyning all →
cunninghamKingswoodKingtonKingdonKingsnorthConingtoncyningKingsbury Episcopi
Old Englishbearu all →
beerbarrowBerrow
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.