Bourne

Bourne may mean:

General

• A winterbourne
• Bourne , a surname
• The Bourne shell, in Unix
• A fictional character named Jason Bourne, who is the protagonist of a trilogy of novels by Robert Ludlum and of a film series based on the books
• Bourne Co. Music Publishers, an American music publisher
• Bourne United Charities is a body registered with the Charity Commission to supervise several legacies to the benefit of residents of Bourne, Lincolnshire

Place names

Bourne is a word from the Anglo-Saxon language of England. It means a stream, flowing from a spring, and is commonly used in southern England, (particularly Dorset) as a name for a small river, particularly in compound names such as Winterbourne. It is used as a place name or as a part of a place name, usually in chalk downland countryside. Alternative forms are bourn or borne. The apparent variant, borne which is found in Camborne arises from the Cornish language and refers to a hill. Born/borne in German also means fount, or spring, and is related to the Indo-European root, bhreu. That born/borne appears throughout Europe as a place name is also an important clue that this spelling is an etymological precursor to the Middle English bourne/burn.

• The River Bourne, Wiltshire, a tributary of the River Avon in Wiltshire, England
• The River Bourne, Berkshire, a tributary of the River Pang in Berkshire, England
• The River Bourne, Dorset, a river that flows through Bournemouth, England into the English Channel

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