Rayburn

A surname from Scots.

Proper noun

  1. A surname from Scots.
  2. A place in the United States:

    1. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Alabama.

    2. A township in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.

    3. An unincorporated community in Liberty County, Texas.

    4. An unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia.

Origin

Scottish habitational surname, from Raeburn, a place in the Scottish Borders name from Scots rae (“roebuck”) + burn (“stream”).

Forms

Rayburns Raeburn Reyburn Ryburn

Noun

  1. An old-fashioned stove resembling an AGA cooker.
    • The living room was half-panelled in dark oak, and in the big farmhouse kitchen the ancient cream Rayburn beamed comfort. - 2023, Kate Atkinson, “The Void”, in Normal Rules Don’t Apply, Penguin (2024), page 3:

Forms

Rayburns Raeburn Reyburn Ryburn