The borum Surname
borum Name Meaning and History
- Danish: habitational name from any of several places whose name means ‘dwelling place on the edge’.
- English: probably a variant of Boreham, habitational name from a place in Essex, probably named with Old English bor (unattested) ‘hill’ + ham ‘homestead’, or from Boreham Street in Sussex, or Borehamwood in Hertfordshire, which has the same etymology.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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