Northern French: occupational name for a maker of purses and
leather wallets, from an agent derivative of Old French bourse
‘purse’, Late Latin bursa, whence also Old English purs
(see Purser).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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