Borges Family History
Borges Name Meaning
Catalan: habitational name from any of several places called Borges in Catalonia (Spain) for example Les Borges Blanques in Lleida or Les Borges del Camp in Tarragona plural of Borge . Portuguese: habitational name from any of the places called Borges of uncertain etymology (compare 1 above). In some cases perhaps also a reference to an immigrant from Bourges in France (documented in the 14th century). German: from a short form of the medieval personal name Liborius (see Liborio ) the name of the patron saint of the city of Paderborn. Danish: from the German patronymic Borchers . English: variant of Burgess .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022