Milbourn History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

The name Milbourn is a local name for someone who lived in or by the places named Milborne, Milbourne and Milburn. Literally the place name means "mill stream," from the Old English "myln" + "burna." 1

Some of the parishes date back to Saxon times when Milborne, Port Somerset was known as Mylenburnam c. 880 and Milborne St Andrew, Dorset was known as Muleburne in 934.

The Domesday Book of 1086 lists Meleburne (Somerset), and Meleburne (Dorset.) 2

Early Origins of the Milbourn family

The surname Milbourn was first found in Dorset where Hugh de Meleburn was recorded as holding lands in 1201. A few years later in Yorkshire, Walter de Milleburne was recorded in 1251 and later again, William Milbourne was recorded in the Feet of Fines for Essex in 1465. 3

Early records of the name mention Margaret de Milleburn, Northumberland in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 and Edward Milborne of Yorkshire, in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379. 4

Early History of the Milbourn family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Milbourn research. Another 146 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1464, 1536, 1622, 1633, 1646, 1649, 1660, 1662, 1668, 1670, 1683, 1720 and 1743 are included under the topic Early Milbourn History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Milbourn Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Milburn, Milborne, Milbourn, Milbourne, Milburne, Melbourne and many more.

Early Notables of the Milbourn family

Notable amongst the family name during their early history was

Luke Milbourne (1622-1668), an ejected minister, the incumbent of Wroxhall, Warwickshire

Milbourn Ranking

In the United States, the name Milbourn is the 16,818^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 5

Milbourn migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Milbourn Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Geo Milbourn, aged 47, who landed in Virginia in 1812 6
Thomas Milbourn, aged 58, who landed in Virginia in 1812 6
William Milbourn, aged 56, who arrived in Virginia in 1812 6

Contemporary Notables of the name Milbourn (post 1700) +

Stacy Milbourn, American script writer, known for Yellowstone (2018), 1883 (2021) and Mayor of Kingstown (2021)
Laurie Milbourn, American actress, known for Mistaken Identity: A Love Story (2018), Finding Hope and Marked (2014)
Hugh Milbourn, American producer, known for The Andrew Neil Show (2019), The Andrew Neil Interviews (2016) and Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (2022)
Delaney Milbourn, American make up artist, known for Bye (2019), Love Is Dead (2023) and Gun and a Hotel Bible (2021)
Pam Milbourn, American art director, known for Richmond Hill (1988), Number 96 (1972) and All Saints (1998)

Citations +

Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)