Top: Society: Genealogy: Surnames: R: Rathbone

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Definition

Someone who had been born, and as a result named, in Radbourn in Warwickshire, or Radbourne in Derbyshire.


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History and Etymology

As mentioned, it seems to be a name of habitation, and both seem to have got their names from Old English: hreod for reeds and burna for stream. These would be consistent with the names mentioned earlier.


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Variations

Rabon(e), Raburn, Rathborn(e), Rathbourn(e), Rathburn(e), Rathbond, Rathban(d) 



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