Entry № 0587 · Anglo-Saxon origin

Cyneburh Cyneburh — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KIN-uh-burg /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Anglo-Saxon
Meaning
"Royal fortress (Anglo-Saxon abbess)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Anglo-Saxon)

A name that means "royal fortress (anglo-saxon abbess)".

Cyneburh combines the Old English cyne (royal) and burh (fortress). **Saint Cyneburh (d. c. 680)** was the Anglo-Saxon abbess of Castor in Northamptonshire — daughter of King Penda of Mercia and sister of Saint Cuthberga. She married Alhfrith of Deira before becoming abbess.

Featured in Bede's Ecclesiastical History.

Royal fortress. Anglo-Saxon abbess of Castor.

Where Cyneburh stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Cyneburh · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Cyneburhs before her.

Real people
Saint Cyneburh
Anglo-Saxon abbess of Castor.
d. c. 680
In fiction
Cyneburh
Featured in Bede's Ecclesiastical History.
731

Names connected to Cyneburh.

The number behind Cyneburh.

9

The Humanitarian

Cyneburh reduces to nine — the number of Mercian abbess.

Why families chose this name.

"Abbess of Castor. Eight letters. Cyneburh."
Catherine · Mother of one · Castor