Given name & surname · also Middle English
Cumberland
Cumberland is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Old English.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Cumberland comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle English Cumberland, from Old English Cumberland.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Cumberland’s family of names
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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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