Given name & surname
Scarborough
“fortress”
Scarborough is a surname from Old Norse.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Scarborough goes back to a word meaning “fortress.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Scarborough’s family of names
In English usage, Scarborough as a surname has a related form in SCARBORO. In English usage, Scarborough as a surname has a related form in SCARBRO. In English usage, Scarborough as a surname has a related form in SCARBROUGH.
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Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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