# Swinburne

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #50,261

## Definitions
1. A habitational surname from Old English.
2. A village in the Free State province, South Africa.

## Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Chollerton, Northumberland, from Old English swīn (“pig, swine”) + burna (“stream, brook”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/swinburne