Bourne
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning small stream.
Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Bourne by the numbers
Bourne was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bourne. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Bourne
Names that are said the same way as Bourne, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Boranstorm or tempest3 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean water
Like Bourne, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Maxwellgreat spring; place name3,118 in the US (2017)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Brooksof the small stream1,938 in the US (2017)
- Beckettbee keeper or stream; a surname used as a given name1,763 in the US (2017)
- Beckhamhomestead with a stream1,280 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Bourne
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