Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from Lambourn in Berkshire or Lambourne in Essex, both of which were probably named in Old English as ‘lamb stream’, from lamb ‘lamb’ + burna ‘stream’, i.e. a place where lambs were washed.

Subscribe to Family Education

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe