Basil
Rathbone
Name origin: English
Name meaning: probably a habitational name from Radbourn in Warwickshire or Radbourne in Derbyshire, both of which get their names from Old English hrēod ‘reeds’ (a collective singular) + burna ‘stream’.
Silver Screen Legends: Basil
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