Ashbourne

English

Etymology

From Old English æsċ (“ash-tree”) + burna (“stream”).

Proper noun

Ashbourne (countable and uncountable, plural Ashbournes)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1846).
   2. A town in County Meath, Ireland
   3. A small town in the Alexandrina Council, South Australia, Australia.
   4. A small town in the Shire of Macedon Ranges, Victoria, Australia.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Translations

town in County Meath, Ireland

• Irish: Cill Dhéagláin f

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Ashbourne is the 17152^nd most common surname in England, belonging to 286 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ashbourne”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 62.
• Forebears

Anagrams

• Barnhouse, house barn, house-barn, housebarn