Given name & surname
Roxborough
“rook, kind of crow”·“fortified place”
Roxborough is a surname.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Roxborough is a form of Roxburgh. Roxburgh is built from elements meaning “rook, kind of crow” and “fortified place”.
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Where it comes from
Roxborough is a form of Roxburgh. Roxburgh comes from Old English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Roxborough’s family of names
In English usage, Roxborough as a surname has a related form in ROXBURGH.
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