Kilburn Family History

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’.