52%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Anglo-Saxon [1] Meaning & History Means "royal fortress" from Old English cyne "royal" and burg "fortress". Saint Cyneburga, a daughter of a king of Mercia, was the founder of an abbey at Castor in the 7th century. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Rootscyne + burgVariantCyneburgaOther Languages & CulturesKinborough(Medieval English) People think this name isRate·Details classic mature formal upper class urban strong strange complex serious Categories defence, isograms, leadership, royalty, saints, structures Sources & References Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, available from http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp.