The borthwick Surname
borthwick Name Meaning and History
Scottish: habitational name from a place near Hawick in southern
Scotland, where a family of this name held Borthwick Castle since the
14th century. The place name is from Old English bord ‘board’,
‘table’ + wic ‘outlying village’, ‘dairy farm’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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