What is the origin of the name Cockburn?
Scottish (Midlothian) and northern English: habitational name from a place in Berwickshire named Cockburn from Old English cocc ‘cock rooster’ (or the related byname Cocca) + burna ‘stream’ (see Bourne). This [...]
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What is the origin of the name Cockburn?
Scottish (Midlothian) and northern English: habitational name from a place in Berwickshire named Cockburn from Old English cocc ‘cock rooster’ (or the related byname Cocca) + burna ‘stream’ (see Bourne). This [...]