Given name & surname

Cumberbatch

“stream in a valley”

Cumberbatch is a surname.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Cumberbatch is a form of Comberbach. Comberbach goes back to Old English *Cumbra, meaning “stream in a valley.”

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Where it comes from

Cumberbatch is a form of Comberbach. Comberbach comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Cumberbatch’s family of names

In English usage, Cumberbatch as a surname has a related form in Comberbach.

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