Hepburn Family History
Hepburn Name Meaning
English (Durham) and Scottish: habitational name from Hepburn in Chillingham (Northumberland) Hebron (Northumberland) or Hebburn in Jarrow (Durham). The placenames probably all derive from Old English hēah ‘high’ + byrgen ‘burial place tumulus’. Compare Hebron .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022