Given name & surname · also Old English

Newburn

“new”

Newburn is a surname from Old English (ultimately Pictish).

Meaning & origin

What it means

Newburn goes back to Old English nīwe, meaning “new.”

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Where it comes from

Newburn comes from Old English, and ultimately from Pictish.

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How it developed

From Old English nīwe (“new”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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Old English

Netherton

“lower”

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Old English

Newnham

“new” · “village, hamlet”

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Old English

Newsome

“(at the) new houses”

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Old English · Nature

Newham

“water-meadow”

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Old English

Hepburn

“high” · “tumulus”

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Old English

Redburn

“reed”

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Old English

Nettleton

“nettle”

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Old English

Ditchburn

“trench, moat”

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