Given name & surname
Bourne
“from the brook”
Bourne is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the brook.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the brook.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bourne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 22 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 10 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,206 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bourne’s family of names
Bourne has a related form in Born. Bourne has a related form in Borne. Bourne has a related form in Bourn.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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