Walburn Family History
Walburn Name Meaning
English (Durham and North Yorkshire): habitational name from Walburn in Downholme (North Yorkshire). The placename probably derives from Old English wala genitive plural of walh ‘foreigner Briton serf’ + burna ‘spring stream’. Alternatively the name may derive from the Old French personal name Walebron perhaps itself from ancient Germanic Waldbrand (wald ‘power rule’ + brand ‘sword’).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022