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Lilburn
How to Pronounce Lilburn
Pronounced LIL-burn /ˈlɪl.bɜrn/Medium
Meaning: Lilburn is an English surname from a place-name in Northumberland, most likely 'Lilla's stream' — an Old English personal name Lilla plus 'burna', a brook or stream. It passed into first-name use in the American South.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Lilburn comes from a Northumberland place-name and surname, most likely 'Lilla's stream' — the Old English personal name Lilla joined to burna, 'brook' or 'stream'. Southern families adopted it as a given name in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
It was never common, chosen for only a few dozen boys a year at its mid-1920s peak, and it survives today as a rare, distinctly old-fashioned surname-name.
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What does the name Lilburn mean?
Lilburn is an English place-name and surname, likely 'Lilla's stream', used as a given name.
How do you pronounce Lilburn?
It's said LIL-burn /ˈlɪl.bɜrn/ — two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Lilburn a boy or girl name?
Lilburn is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Lilburn?
Lilburn has always been rare in the U.S., a vintage surname used as a first name.