Ebbern meaning | Last name Ebbern origin

The variation of Hepburn. From the lands of Hebburne, Hayborne, or Hepburne, county of Durham, near the mouth of the Tyne. Tradition derives the noble family seated in East Lothian, from the XIV century, from an English gentleman taken prisoner by the Earl of March, who generously gave him lands, upon which he settled. From him descended the Earls of Bothwell, whose line ended with the notorious James H., Earl of Bothwell, Marquis of Fife, and Duke of Hundred Rolls Orkney, the husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, 1567. The battle-cry of this war-like race was—"A HEPBURN; BIDE ME FAIR!"-(i.e., Meet my onset fairly.).

Surname Ebbern is a form of Helborne. Hill brook.

Family name is a variant form of Hepburn. One who came from Hebburn or Hepburn meaning "high tumulus," in Northumberland; one who lived by the dog-rose trees at the brook.