Leybourne
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English
Etymology
From Old English lēah (“clearing, glade”) + burna (“stream, spring, fountain”).
Proper noun
Leybourne (countable and uncountable, plural Leybournes)
- A village and civil parish in Tonbridge and Malling district, Kent, England.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Leybourne is the 13590th most common surname in England, belonging to 399 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Leybourne”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 431.