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BYRON
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: BIE-rən   [key]
Meaning & History
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "place of the cow sheds" in Old English. This was the surname of the romantic poet Lord Byron (1788-1824), the writer of 'Don Juan' and many other works.
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