Etymology

Swinburne

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Today it means: A habitational surname from Old English. Full definition →

Old English swīn
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromswīn“pig, swine”
  2. English todaySwinburne

Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Chollerton, Northumberland, from Old English swīn (“pig, swine”) + burna (“stream, brook”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishswīn all →

SwindonSwintonSwinfordSwindellSwinbrookSwinefordSwynnerton

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