Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
BOURNE
There are approximately 15,010 people named Bourne in the UK. That makes it the 673rd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 238 are named Bourne.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
England
Language of origin
English
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
English
Location or Geographical Feature
Related and similar surnames
BournBurne
Burn
Burns
Boorn
Burness
Barne
Barn
Baune
Barnes
Barnea
Barney
Baurne
Baurn
Barrne
Baerne
Bairne
Barene
Bahrne
Baurnes
Barnne
Bargne
Baorn
Barenne
Baaune
Baern
Bairn
Bahrn
Baarn
Baugne
Barneu
Barnn
The Bourne surname in historical dictionaries
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)
(origin: Local) From the town of Bourne, in Lincolnshire, England, which is so named from the old English Bourne, a small river or spring-well.
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
BOURN. BOURNE. Parishes and places in COS. Canrbr., Durham, Lincoln, Hants, Sussex, &c. Many trivial localities are so called, and Atte Burne is a common medieAal surname. vVs a topographical terra it means sometimes a bound or limit, (Fr. home,') and sometimes a running stream, (A- Sax. hirna.) See Eng. Surn. i. 64.
Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.