Boundary stream or clay brook
Derived from an Old English surname, it originally described someone who lived near a stream with clay banks or a brook marking a boundary. It has long been used as a distinguished given name in the American South.
Less common today
Claiborne isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #4,553 in 1994.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
Long-serving US Senator from Rhode Island and sponsor of Pell Grants
15th Governor of Missouri
Civil rights activist and former KKK member who famously renounced his views
