Cockburn

/ˈkoʊbəɹn/ · name

Meaning

A small town and locality in the outback of South Australia, on the border with New South Wales.
A local government area in Perth, Western Australia, named after Cockburn Sound and Sir George Cockburn; in full, the City of Cockburn.
A surname from Old English.

Etymology / origin

Scottish habitational surname, from Old English cocc (“cock, rooster”) + burne (“stream, brook, river”).

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