Golborne

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Goulburn

Etymology

From Old English golde (“marigold”) + burna (“stream, bourn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡoʊlbɔː(ɹ)n/, /ˈɡɒlbɔː(ɹ)n/

Proper noun

Golborne (countable and uncountable, plural Golbornes)

1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ6097).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Golborne is the 74552^nd most common surname in England, belonging to 30 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Golborne”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 59.

Anagrams

• long robe