Given name & surname

Scarbrough

“fortress”

Scarbrough is a surname.

Meaning & origin

What it means

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

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Where it comes from

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

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Scarbrough’s family of names

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

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