Surname

Wedderburn

“wether, castrated ram”

Wedderburn is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Wedderburn goes back to Old English weþer, meaning “wether, castrated ram.”

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Where it comes from

Wedderburn comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English weþer (“wether, castrated ram”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Old English

Winterburn

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Old English

Welbourn

“spring”

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Old English

Westbury

“west” · “fortified place”

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Weekeen

“village”

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“otter”

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Warburton

“enclosure; settlement, town”

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Westerham

“western”

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Westmorland

“the people west of the moors”

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