gary - the scots word burn for stream is borrowed from the scottish gaelic burn = fresh water, so burn or burns with scottish background may imho always lead to the meaning "living near a stream or spring". jurgen ----- Original Message ----- From: GARY RADCLIFFE <glradcliffe@msn.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 10:08 PM Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] BURN > BURN - The Scots call their streams "burns." There is an old song called "Doon the Burn (Davey lad)." > I assume they borrowed it from the English but cannot verify it. > > Gary Radcliffe > West Covina, CA > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >