Wilburn - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Wilburn \wi-lbu-rn, wil-burn\ is a variant of Wilbert (Old German), and the meaning of Wilburn is "bright will".

The baby name Wilburn sounds like Welburn, Wilburt and Wilbur. Other similar baby names are Milburn, Colburn, Millburn, Milbourn, Melburn, Milborn, Wellburn, Welborn, Wilber and Willbur.

Wilburn is a somewhat common first name for men (#810 out of 1220) and an even more common last name for both men and women (#2077 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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