Kilburn Family History
Kilburn Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the three places called Kilburn (North Yorkshire Derbyshire Middlesex). The Yorkshire placename may derive from an Old English personal name Cylla + Old English burna ‘spring stream’ alternating with Old Norse brunnr ‘well spring’. The Derbyshire placename derives from an Old English personal name Cylla + Old English burna ‘spring stream’. The Middlesex placename may derive from Old English cyne ‘royal’ cȳna (genitive plural of cū ‘cow’) or an Old English personal name Cylla + Old English burna ‘spring stream’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
