Origin: Old English
Meaning: “boundary of clay”
Variations, Nicknames and Sound Alikes:
Claiborn, Claibourn, Claibourne, Claiburn, Clay,
Clayborn, Clayborne, Claybourn, Claybourne, Clayburn
Claiborne Book Quotes:
“Claiborne was more shocked than anyone else.”
Manchild in the Promised Land (2012)
“Claiborne was indeed an awful food snob.”
Everybody Eats There (2007)
Famous people named Claiborne or its variations
1. Clayborne Carson (b. 1944), American history professor, author
2. Claiborne de Borda Pell (1918-2009), U.S. Senator,
sponsor of the Pell Grant (college tuition aid)
3. Claiborne Fox Jackson (1806-1862), American politician,
Governor of Missouri at outbreak of Civil War
Claiborne Middle Names
Claiborne Bryant
Claiborne Dean
Claiborne Malachi
Claiborne Silas