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Wimborne Family History

Wimborne Surname Meaning

From Wimborne Minster Wimborne Saint Giles or Monkton Up Wimborne (Dorset) all recorded as Winburne in 1086. The place-names derive from Old English *winn *wynne ‘pasture meadow’ + burna ‘spring stream’. Given the high concentration of some variants such as Winborn and Winbourne in Sussex perhaps also a late development of a surname from Wenbons Farm in Wadhurst (Sussex) which is recorded as Wembourn in 1461.

With early bearers of this name appearing in records such as [... de] Wanesburn 1271 [... de] Wenneburn 1288 in Assize Rolls (Sussex), the historical relevancy of these names is significant. The place-name derives from an Old English personal name *Wænna + Old English burna ‘spring stream’.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Wimborne. 100% of Wimborne women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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