Thornberry Family History
Thornberry Name Meaning
English (southwestern): habitational name from any of various places called Thornbury in particular Thornbury (Gloucestershire) Thornbury (Herefordshire) or perhaps Thornbury (Devon) or Thornbury in Bradford (Yorkshire). These placenames derive from Old English thorn ‘thorn’ + burg ‘fortress’ or ‘manor’. English: variant of Thornber . Irish: adopted for various Irish names containing an element meaning ‘thorn’; compare Thornton .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022