The story
- Old English · derived fromdīċ“trench, moat”
- English todayDitchburn
Habitational surname from a place near Alnwick, in Northumberland, from Old English dīċ (“trench, moat”) + burna (“stream”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishdīċ all →
dittonDeightonDetheridgeDitteridge
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.