The borner Surname
borner Name Meaning and History
- Southern English: topographic name for someone who lived beside a stream, from Bourne + the suffix -er, denoting an inhabitant.
- North German (also Börner): variant of Born, + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.
- North German: occupational name for a stockman, from Middle Low German bornen ‘to water (farm animals)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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