The story
- Old English · derived fromlēoht“bright, clear, light”
- English todayLightbourne
Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, possibly from Old English lēoht (“bright, clear, light”) + burna (“stream”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishlēoht all →
lightmoonlight
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.