Given name & surname

Scarboro

“fortress”

Scarboro is a surname.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Scarboro is a form of Scarborough. Scarborough goes back to a word meaning “fortress.”

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Where it comes from

Scarboro is a form of Scarborough. Scarborough comes from Old Norse.

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Scarboro’s family of names

In English usage, Scarboro as a surname has a related form in SCARBOROUGH.

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