Wilburn
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning wild stream or brook.
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outside the top 1000
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outside the ONS list
Wilburn by the numbers
Its American peak was 317 babies in 1926, making it a 1920s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Wilburn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean water
Like Wilburn, 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)
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