Younger forms of this name include Edburga, Edborough, Edborrow, Edbury, Edbora and Edbura. Edborah and Edbra could be considered variants of Edbora but could be independent coinages of the names "Ed" and "Deborah".Edbury is pronounced as "ED-buh-ree". Edborough, Edborrow, Edbora, Edborah, Edbra and presumably Edbura are pronounced as "ED-buh-ruh".(Sources: https://oswinkinsey.wordpress.com/ (See the document "English Compound Names" for the entry on the name 'Edbura') Sheard, K.M., 2011 Llewellyn's Complete Book of Names: For pagans, witches, wiccans, druids, heathens, mages, shamans & independent thinkers of all sorts who are curious about names from every place and time, Llewellyn's Publications, Woodbury, Minnesota, USA, pages 188 and 626)
Perhaps connected to the beautiful capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh, the etymology of which is said to be "Edwin's burgh, fort." Edwin means "fortunate or rich friend," so that makes sense!
Edbury is pronounced as "ED-buh-ree". Edborough, Edborrow, Edbora, Edborah, Edbra and presumably Edbura are pronounced as "ED-buh-ruh".
(Sources: https://oswinkinsey.wordpress.com/ (See the document "English Compound Names" for the entry on the name 'Edbura')
Sheard, K.M., 2011 Llewellyn's Complete Book of Names: For pagans, witches, wiccans, druids, heathens, mages, shamans & independent thinkers of all sorts who are curious about names from every place and time, Llewellyn's Publications, Woodbury, Minnesota, USA, pages 188 and 626)