Wyborn
English
Alternative forms
- Wybourne, Wyburn
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Wīġbeorn, which is composed of the elements wīġ (“war, battle”) and beorn (“man, warrior”).
Proper noun
Wyborn (plural Wyborns)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Wyborn is the 16346th most common surname in England, belonging to 307 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wyborn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.