Släkthistoria för Hambro
Hambro Vad efternamn betyder
possibly from Handborough (Oxon) which is recorded with Hanebrew among its many medieval variants. The place-name probably derives from the Old English personal name Hagena + Old English beorg ‘hill mound’. Some bearers may illustrate senses (2) or (3). possibly an occupational name for a maker or seller of horse collars (Middle English ham-berwe); compare Richardus Hamborghmaker' 1377 in Poll Tax (Northampton Northants). possibly from Hamborg the Danish name for Hamburg from the German Hamburg itself or the anglicization Hamb(o)rough.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
